Defending fundamental American rights and values

Submitted by There is NO Santa Claus (United States), Sep 10, 2010 at 11:32

I don't think there's much of a trick in defending the right of people to construct a religious community center in America. I thought President O'Bama did a fine job of articulating this right last week when questioned by a reporter.

There's just one problem and I find it deeply disturbing. If we believe it is a fundamental right of Muslims to build a community center at Ground Zero, I think it is important for pro-Israel activists (like myself) to leverage that value and DEMAND the right of Jews to build homes in Jerusalem. Unfortunately, this is not happening.

Last March, the Administration berated the Jewish State for planning a housing construction project in Jerusalem. If this Administration truly believes it is a fundamental right of people to construct religious community centers regardless of their faith, then the hypocrisy of America's policy toward the Jewish State's housing project(s) is rather evident.

Whether or not you support the right of Muslims to build the Ground Zero community center, I believe it is of the highest priority to expose and highlight the Administration's hypocrisy toward Jews who merely want to build homes on ancestral land that is the contemporary capital of the Jewish State. I think it's time for pro-Israel activists to speak up. Don't you?

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