Look who else is an anti-Israel Jew hater!

HaRav Hagaon Yosef Shalom Eliashiv.

According to Haaretz, one of Israel's top Rabbis "has expressed his support of a cease fire between Israel and Lebanon." Rabbi Eliashiv said:

...the decision makers must take into account the position of the world nations. They shouldn't ignore or take lightly the ideas raised by other nations. If the United States raises solutions that could bring about the end of the war and save Jewish lives, they should be heeded. No offer or idea should be dismissed offhand. We mustn't anger the nations of the world.

Of course, if the New York Times were to say the same thing, GOP-Jews would trip over themselves to hurl invectives at the paper of record. In fact, last week the Times argued for restraint, and unreflective Ezzie said the paper was "against Israel's interests."

Though GOP-Jews pride themselves on raw intelligance, many seem unable to comprehend a simple fact of life: You can be pro-Israel while also disagreeing with RW policy precriptions. A call for restraint is not a call for Israel's destruction. Advocating for a cease-fire is not code for "I wish Israel would roll over and die." Saying that campaign to carpet-bomb Southern Lebanon runs contrary to Israel's long term interests, is not another way of saying "I hope the terrorists win."

Now that the leader of Israel's Lithuanian community has embraced the New York Time's position, and agrees that an immidiate cease-fire is best for the Jewish people, the GOP Jews have a choice: They can either acknowledge that calls for restraint are not ipso facto anti-Israel, or they can denounce one of the great Rabbis of our generation as a closet anti-Semite.