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Deutch: Lynch's Statements on Israel Dangerously Misinformed

April 4, 2010

(Boca Raton, FL) In a debate that aired this morning on the This Week in South Florida with Michael Putney television show, Republican Ed Lynch made inflammatory remarks about America's relationship with Israel in an effort to score cheap political points against Democratic candidate and nationally recognized pro-Israel activist, Ted Deutch. On the show, Ed Lynch made the appalling claim that the United States has imposed sanctions against Israel and that the sanctions against Israel are greater than those imposed on Iran.  These remarks were made just days after Lynch told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that "with friends like America, Israel doesn’t need any enemies."  State Senator Ted Deutch released the following statement in reaction to Ed Lynch's outrageous remarks.

"Ed Lynch's repeated disparagement of the relationship between Israel and the United States displays a dangerous level of ignorance on an issue that so many residents of Florida's 19th district care about deeply," said Deutch. "His appalling claim that the United States has imposed sanctions on Israel, sanctions that are tougher than those imposed on Iran, is an affront to so many pro-Israel activists who have worked tirelessly to exert real economic pressure on Ahmadinejad's regime and to sustain the overwhelming bipartisan support for the strongest possible U.S.-Israel relationship, a strategic relationship benefiting both Israel and America. 
 
"I firmly believe that an undivided Jerusalem is and shall remain the capital of the Jewish State of Israel and that the United States should exert pressure on the Palestinians to halt incitement and return to the negotiating table without precondition,  just as the Israeli government has.  But questioning the commitment of our entire nation to Israel's security by fabricating statements about newly-imposed sanctions shows that Mr. Lynch's interest in Israel's security is political above all else.  Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has himself come forward to denounce recent political attacks and to reinforce the fact that momentary disagreements of opinion between friends do not threaten the  longstanding relationship between our two nations. It is dangerous for my opponent to lead the world to believe that America is now in some way an enemy of the Jewish state.  I hope Mr. Lynch will join my longstanding efforts to impose crippling sanctions against Iran in order to prevent the bellicose regime of Ahmadinejad from becoming a nuclear power."


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