Andrew Adler, now that\u2019s a name that should live in Jewish infamy. \u00a0He\u2019s the publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times who actually<\/em> published a column in his paper saying that one of three options Israel should consider on the day the Prime Minister hears that Iran has a nuclear weapon is for <\/span>Mossad agents in the U.S. to assassinate Barack Obama<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>. \u00a0Just in case you think I\u2019m making this lunacy up <\/span>here\u2019s a screenshot<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> <\/span>of the column itself. \u00a0Here\u2019s the money\u2013or should I say, \u201ckill shot.\u201d \u00a0Adler writes that Option 3 is:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2026Give the go-ahead for U.S.-based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel in order for the current vice president to take his place, and forcefully dictate that the United States\u2019 policy includes its helping the Jewish state obliterate its enemies.<\/span><\/p>\n Yes, you read option three correctly. Order a hit on a president in order to preserve Israel\u2019s existence. Think about it. If I have thought of this Tom Clancy-type scenario, don\u2019t you think that this almost unfathomable idea has been discussed in Israel\u2019s most inner circles?<\/span><\/p>\n Another way of putting \u201cthree\u201d in perspective goes something like this: How far would you go to save a nation comprised of seven million lives\u2026Jews, Christians and Arabs alike?<\/span><\/p>\n You have got to believe, like I do, that all options are on the table.<\/span><\/p>\n No, actually I\u2019ve got to believe that Andrew Adler is a class A asshole and an idiot to boot. \u00a0I could rail about the fact that the editor of a Jewish paper in one of America\u2019s largest Jewish communities would pen such disgusting tripe. \u00a0But what disturbs me even more is that the tens of thousands of Jews living in Atlanta read not just this, but all the garbage this jerk writes. \u00a0Imagine the impact that this has on the tone and substance of political debate in that town.<\/span><\/p>\n Apparently, Israel has such a sterling reputation lately for political assassinations that Adler and others have come to believe that the best way of pursuing a political objective is to murder whoever stands in the way. \u00a0That\u2019s one of the legacies that Israel\u2019s far right government has bestowed to the world, both Jewish and non-Jewish.<\/span><\/p>\n Don\u2019t think that Atlanta is alone. \u00a0The Jewish paper in the Five Towns <\/span>published a similarly disturbing column<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> <\/span>a few years ago calling for the murder of Muslims. \u00a0Jews, even rabbis, dream up the most vile, disgusting scenarios for their fellow Jews. \u00a0In Israel, rabbis call for putting uppity Arabs in concentration camps. \u00a0We have much to ashamed of, just as we have much to be proud of: from our prophetic ethical tradition and inheritors of its mantle like Martin Buber, Judah Magnes and those who founded Brit Shalom; and their latter-day followers in NGOs like Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity, the Popular Committee Against Torture, Breaking the Silence, Peace Now and so many others.<\/span><\/p>\n