Rabbi Efrem Goldberg Sharply Criticizes Kamala for Equating Israel and Hamas

 

Finally a frum rabbi with cogilones ! Where are the Chareidie "Gedoilim?" So it's only the "ketanim" that speak on behalf of our Jewish brethren? 

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, who leads the Boca Raton Synagogue and hosts the ‘Behind the Bima’ podcast, slammed VP Kamala Harris over her critical statement following her meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu.

Rabbi Goldberg, an influential Rabbi in American Modern Orthodoxy, who is also vocal on social media, suggested that Harris’ comments about the Gaza war were not supportive of Israel. In a post on X responding to Kamala’s video statement, following her meeting with Netanyahu, he slammed her “’balanced’ remarks criticizing Hamas and pivoting to Israel,” saying that based on her comments “you would have no idea that one party are barbaric terrorists and the other a democratic ally.”

Rabbi Goldberg also said, “She is more concerned with the rioters calling for a ceasefire knowing she “hears them” than letting those who know that the IDF is just, moral, and more concerned for civilians losses than America ever was, feel heard.”

Read Rabbi Goldberg’s full remarks:

For anyone who loves Israel, knows the truth about this war to think this is somehow supportive of Israel, let alone accurate, balanced or fair, lacks self-respect and pride and lowers the bar to a dangerous level!

From her “balanced” remarks criticizing Hamas and pivoting to Israel, you would have no idea that one party are barbaric terrorists and the other a democratic ally. You would have no idea one was the aggressor and the other the victim. You would have no idea that the only reason Palestinians are suffering, the only reason any damage has been done or lives have been lost in Gaza is because of Hamas not Israel.

In her pledge to “not be silent on Gaza suffering,” she is utterly silent on the ongoing suffering of Israelis who continue to be bombarded by rockets and of displaced families from the North. She is more concerned with the rioters calling for a ceasefire knowing she “hears them” then letting those who know that the IDF is just, moral, and more concerned for civilians losses than America ever was, feel heard.

And who exactly is she lecturing about stopping the war and having a ceasefire? Hamas has rejected every deal. Where is her call on Hamas to free the hostages and end the war?

She made these remarks about humanitarian suffering on a day that Israel heroically rescued 5 bodies of hostages that were buried in a tunnel in a humanitarian zone, an example of how complicated something she grossly oversimplifies actually is.

This isn’t about politics, parties or particular candidates. It’s about truth, fairness and understanding the dangerous consequences that can come from candidates or leaders on either side who deliver lip service to standing with Israel and pledging Israel’s security, while using the very language and arguments of those who seek her demise.