Rabbi First U.S. Victim of Jihad
November 20, 2009 by Roberto Santiago
Filed under Islam
First Victim of US Jihad
U.S. WARNS ISRAEL NOT TO HONOR ASSASSINATED AMERICAN
RABBI FIRST U.S. VICTIM OF JIHAD
KAHANE CEREMONY OFFENSIVE TO OBAMA
by Michael Travis
Any commemoration in the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) of the anniversary of Rabbi Meir Kahane’s assassination would be harmful to the peace process, the American Embassy told The Jerusalem Post.
The American comments came after the Jerusalem Post obtained e-mails in which an embassy official told Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin’s office that any plans for such a ceremony was “something that Senator [George] Mitchell and his team are following with concern.”
The e-mails also implied that such a ceremony would be frowned upon by President Barack Obama who is attempting to strengthen the U.S. ties to Muslim nations.
The likelihood of such a ceremony taking place was also the subject of a flurry of internal embassy e-mails, in which US officials scrambled to find out where and when a commemoration of the assassinated far-right-wing rabbi would occur.
