Re: J Street Rhode Island (April 11)

The statement published by J Street in the April 11 edition of The Jewish Voice calls for the destruction of thriving Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, making it Judenrein; the division of Jerusalem, “symbolic reunification” of foreign born Arabs in Israel, placing the Temple Mount and Western Wall under international control, and return to 1967 borders that are in many places only 10 miles away from the Mediterranean Sea.

American top military experts have repeatedly warned Israel that it must keep this high ground of the Judean mountain ridge and Jordan valley as its only natural, geographic defense line against attack from the east. One must live in Israel and vote in the national election to influence Israel’s policies. Yet you will not find a policy statement in the organization that describes itself as pro-Israel calling on its members to make aliyah.

Instead J Street shows disdain for democracy by lobbying the American Congress to bully the democratically elected government of Israel to implement dangerous policies that have been tried before and utterly failed in the past.

Yuri Japhet

Chair, RI Chapter of AFSI

Pawtucket