Dear Debbie

Dear Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz,

Two years ago you visited my Temple, Temple Solel in Hollywood, to stump for Barack Obama's re-election. The Temple membership of course had one main interest, the President's stance on support for Israel. You assured us that it was solid, unqualified and uncompromising.

I gathered up my nerve and when it was time for audience questions I asked you directly how you reconciled this "support" with an obvious degradation in support for Israel as stated in the Democratic platform and the raucous anti-Israel shouts from the floor when the phrase "Jerusalem is the capital of Israel" was attempted to be re-inserted after the so-called "mistake" of "accidentally" deleting it. You replied that you were not on the floor at that time. Really?? You're the Chairwoman of the Democratic National Party and you were not at the opening of the convention? I did not press you on that. You did not provide an answer to my question; instead you alluded to the "relative meaninglessness" of a stated platform.

My question to you - are you still happy with your President's support of Israel?

"Amid diplomatic tensions between US President Barack Obama's administration and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the US halted a shipment of air-to-ground missiles to Israel last month during Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. 
 

In July, Israel requested "through military-to-military channels a large number of Hellfire missiles", a first batch of which was about to be released to Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing Israeli and American officials. 

 

But the Pentagon immediately put the shipment on hold, and top officials at the White House instructed US defense agencies to consult with the White House and the State Department before approving any additional Israeli requests, according to the report. http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Report-US-halted-weapons-transfer-to-Israel-during-Gaza-offensive-371062#!"

 

and this

 

"On day WSJ reports Pentagon put on hold Hellfire missiles to Israel, Hurriyett reports that US cleared sale of air-to-air missiles to Turkey."

 

It is my belief that you did (and perhaps still do) genuinely trust Barack Obama. Please use whatever influence you may have to get US-Israel relations back on track. Israel and the Jewish community here in the US need steadfast, vocal, public and unwavering support.

 

Thank you.