Israel abandons 'insulting' campaign calling on expats to return from US

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Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 4 December 2011 12.22 EST

Israel's government has cancelled a public relations campaign aimed at encouraging Israelis living in the US to return to the Jewish state after a wave of complaints.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ordered the campaign to be shelved after receiving a letter from the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) that said the message of the advertisements and videos was "outrageous and insulting".

Under the slogan "It's time to return to Israel", the campaign suggested that expatriate Israelis and their children were at risk of losing touch with their Jewish roots and of being assimilated into US society and culture.

One video showed a girl telling her grandparents in Israel she was celebrating Christmas instead of Hanukkah. The video ended with the words: "Before Hanukkah turns into Christmas, it's time to return to Israel."

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/04/israel-abandons-campaign-expats-us

[Old and In the Way]

1. Maybe we can ship a whole bunch of fundie rightwingers in their place?

They seem to love the State of Israel more than this country...it'd be a win-win for both of us.

[krucial]

4. Move to Israel

You sir are correct,Many do love Israel more than they do America,but i bet if given the chance they wont go?

I had one so called retired Veteran on a site called Soda Head,told me if it came down between America and Israel,he would turn his Gun on his own country,America

[King_David]

5. They have Dual Loyalty ? nt

[bemildred]

7. Not the Amurkin evangelical fundies, no they do not.

They are 100% Amurkin. They think of Israel sort of like Puerto Rico, a dependency with local autonomy.

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[virgogal]

3. Aaah,the Irish have been calling people back to the auld sod for years.

[DonCoquixote]

6. were it not for SOME American Jews

there would be no Israel, as America would have done the sensible thing and abandoned them, or at least forced them to behave.