Daroff: J Street 'stands with the Mullahs'

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Monday, September 14, 2009

Daroff: J Street 'stands with the Mullahs'

Adam Kredo

William Daroff, the United Jewish Communities vice president for public policy and director of its Washington office, believes J Street "stands with the Mullahs."

Opining on his Twitter account, Daroff seems to attack J Street for standing "with the Mullahs and the hard left at NIAC [National Iranian Action Council]" who are "opposed to sanctioning Iran."

Daroff adds: "UR to left of Obama & everyone."

Isaac Luria, J Street's campaigns director, and Daroff had been conversing about J Street's recent media coverage before diverging into a conversation about NIAC.

For the full conversation read below (cleaned for ease of reading):

[*Because there are no specific time stamps on these tweets, it's somewhat difficult to place them in logical order. I've done my best to place the tweets in the correct order.]

After Daroff reposted a Jerusalem Post piece examining J Street's ties to Arab donors, Luria wrote: "@daroff Feeling like being fair & balanced following NYT piece? Ben-David implies nefariousness where there is none."

Daroff: "@isaacluria RTing links of note; J Street's PAC funding & connection to Iran lobby being discussed by many, eg: http://ow.ly/pfsD"

Luria: "@daroff: Err, what is the "Iran lobby" exactly? That implies NIAC is pro-Iran's gov. Simply not true."

Daroff: "@isaacluria: Is there disagreement between NIAC & the Iranian government on sanctions?"

Luria: "@daroff Ugh, really? Similar logic: Prez Obama, b/c he hasn't supported sanctions yet, is pro-Ahmadeinjad."

Luria: "@daroff NIAC is made up of Iranian dissidents. Trita Parsi, NIAC founder, and fam left b/c of political repression."

Daroff: "@isaacluria We can get into this if u want; the entire organized Jewish community is for sanctions as last ditch effort to stop Iran (more)"

Daroff: "@isaacluria And @JStreetdotorg stands with the Mullahs and the hard left at NIAC opposed to sanctioning Iran. UR to left of Obama & everyone."

Related Links:

• Daroff's Twitter page

• Luria's Twitter page

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