Monday, March 31, 2008
"By contrast, neither Senator Joe Lieberman...nor Senator  John McCain have been required so publicly and so repeatedly to repudiate  extremist and racist comments by Israeli leaders or some well-known radical  Christian leaders supporting the Republican party. Foxman, whose organization  devotes enormous resources to burnishing Israel's image, has rarely spoken out  about the escalating anti-Arab racism and incitement to violence by prominent  Israeli politicians and rabbis.  That is no surprise. African Americans,  Arab Americans and Muslims all share some things in common: individuals are held  collectively responsible for the words and actions of others in their community  whether they had anything to do with them or not. And the price of admission to  the political mainstream is to abandon any foreign policy goals that diverge  from those of the pro-Israel, anti-Palestinian lobby."