December 2, 2017 SnyderTalk: In apparent punishment, Hotovely grounded after insulting US Jews

“I am Yahweh; that is My Name!  I will not give My glory to anyone else, nor share My praise with carved idols.” (Isaiah 42: 8)

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The Times of Israel—In apparent punishment, Hotovely grounded after insulting US Jews:

A scheduled trip to the Czech Republic by Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely was reportedly scrapped a week after she disparaged US Jewry in an interview in English.

Hotovely had been scheduled to leave for the Czech Republic on Wednesday. Hours before her departure, the Prime Minister’s Office contacted her and told her not to travel to the Eastern European country, Hadashot news reported Wednesday afternoon.

The report characterized the order as punishment for the deputy FM’s comments.

Hotovely’s office said the trip was postponed, not canceled.

Leaders of the Reform movement in the United States and Israel have called for Hotovely’s removal.

Hotovely appeared on November 22 on i24, an Israel-based English-language news channel. She was addressing increased tensions between Israel and US Jewry, including over restrictions on non-Orthodox prayer at the Western Wall and over the Israeli government’s policies on Israeli Arabs and the Palestinians.

After stating that she wished more American Jews would move to Israel to influence its political process and to “bring American Jews closer to Israel,” she segued into a depiction of US Jews as distant from the sacrifices other Americans make, and from the threats that govern life in Israel.

“The other issue is not understanding the complexity of the region,” she said. “People that never send their children to fight for their country, most of the Jews don’t have children serving as soldiers, going to the Marines, going to Afghanistan, or to Iraq. Most of them are having quite convenient lives. They don’t feel how it feels to be attacked by rockets, and I think part of it is to actually experience what Israel is dealing with on a daily basis.”

The following day Netanyahu condemned what he called the “offensive remarks” about American Jews by his deputy foreign minister. “The Jews of the Diaspora are dear to us and are an inseparable part of our people,” Netanyahu also said.

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SnyderTalk Comment:

Hotovely told the truth. If it offends U.S. Jews, they have a problem, not Hotovely. She should be praised for trying to enlighten the unenlightened.

Jewish people in the U.S. have no business telling Israeli Jews what they must do. Their support for people in the U.S. who hate Jewish people and Israel tells us all we need to know about their political acumen.

Prime Minister Netanyahu knows that Hotovely was right.  He should have stood behind her.  The fact that he didn’t is discomforting.

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SnyderTalk Comment:

More shoes will drop.

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“The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17: 22-24)

See “His Name is Yahweh”.

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