Klein, who heads the most influential Jewish-American organization in the White House, relayed the details to dozens of leading ZOA activists in a video conference call last week. He then confirmed the details to Israel Hayom on Friday. Administration officials did not discuss the Israeli sovereignty issue over the weekend because of US Independence Day celebrations. Internal White House deliberations and talks with Israeli officials are expected to resume in the coming days. Many officials in Israel and the US have attested to the difficulties in implementing the sovereignty plan but emphasized that a final decision hasn't been made yet and that all options were still on the table.
In the conference call with ZOA officials, Klein laid out 12 reasons the Israeli sovereignty plan should be given the green light. "Applying sovereignty is the most rational, humane and security-driven decision, which is reinforced by the Bible. It gives Israel defensible borders instead of the 'thin waist' it has now, and brings stability and normalcy to the lives of 500,000 Jews who currently reside in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley," he said.
According to Klein, "Opposition to the sovereignty initiative means the ethnic cleansing of half a million Jews from their homes in their national homeland." Klein also lambasted the large Jewish organizations that have come out against the initiative. -Full Report
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