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Jerusalem – The 10 million member Christian Coalition for Israel (CUFI) and Jewish Veterans of the United States join the Israeli Defense Forces, World War II Heroes and He issued an unprecedented scathing attack on German officials for his comments about British Maj. Gen. Ord Wingate. Israeli icon.
Michael Bloom, the bureaucrat entrusted with the fight against anti-Semitism in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, repeatedly called war hero and devout Christian Wingate a “war criminal” and a “British murderer.” called.
When asked about Bloom’s attack on Wingate, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hecht told Fox News Digital:
Christian United for Israel Action Fund Chairman Sandra Huggie Parker told Fox News Digital, “Given his history of anti-Semitic bigotry, it’s hard to see Bloom staying in his current role. To be forgiven would be a disgrace to the German people and a mockery of the fight.” Mr Bloom is clearly an anti-Semite and he should be fired immediately. “
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CUFI is one of the most important non-governmental allies of the Jewish state in America and the world.
Retired Colonel Nelson Meritz, commander of state for U.S. Jewish War veterans, told Fox News Digital that his organization “celebrates the extraordinary military record of Maj. , Israelis, Americans and British respected for creating special forces.”
Meritz has served in the United States Air Force for 32 years and continues a family legacy of more than 80 years in JWV.
“The JWV vehemently opposes German Commissioner Michael Blum’s labeling of Wingate as a war criminal and British murderer, and urges Bloom to either resign or have Baden-Württemberg officials dismiss him immediately. I ask,” Meritz said.
“Wingate’s legacy continues with the Israeli streets and squares named after him, as well as the Israeli National Gymnasium and Sports Center named after him.” These enduring tributes to Wingate are a fitting memorial.
Founded in 1896, JWV is the premier organization of Jewish uniformed soldiers and veterans in the United States.
“I have never heard or seen Michael Bloom comment, but anyone looking for real war criminals in Germany should be aware of the over 70,000 Stolpersteins (“stumbling stones”) installed on the sidewalks. ) and spend some time personally examining the small brass plaques called . It is outside the last known address of an innocent victim murdered in Germany during the National Socialist reign,” said military historian Tony Redding. Baden-Württemberg. “
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Wingate is famous for creating and leading a special force called the Chindit (formally the “Long Range Invasion Force”) that fought guerrilla warfare behind Japanese forces in the jungles of Burma. On March 24, 1944, while Wingate and nine others were returning from Burma, his USAAF B-25 bomber crashed in northeastern India, killing everyone on board.
Military historian and Wingate expert Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, told Fox News Digital that Bloom “should resign.” A former deputy minister in the office of then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Oren also served in the Airborne Forces during the First Lebanese War in 1982.
Leading Israeli and British military officers issued withered criticism of Bloom’s anti-Wingate remarks.
“The late Ord Wingate was a pioneering and revolutionary military commander whose daring raids and tactics are still studied in military schools around the world,” said Brigadier General. (res.) Israel Defense Security Forum (IDSF) Founder and CEO Amir Avivi told Fox News Digital:
Avivi, who commanded the Gaza Division of the Israeli Defense Forces, said, “To accuse Wingate of war crimes is a reprehensible attempt to rewrite history and tarnish the extraordinary legacy of British officers. The IDSF will continue to defend that very type.” Military strategy embodied by Wingate – initiative, creativity and a firm belief in the legitimacy of our cause.
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Wingate warned as early as 1937 of the need to thwart the Hitler movement’s plans to exterminate the Jews of Europe and create a Jewish state.
“We are facing war sooner or later – after the Abyssinian debacle there is no hope of avoiding it. [Fascist Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia] – Unfortunately, before it comes, let’s be fair and honorable. Let us fulfill our promise to the Jews and humiliate the demons of Nazism, Fascism and our own prejudices,” he wrote.
Colonel Richard Kemp, a veteran who commanded British forces in Afghanistan, told Fox News Digital: An Arab gangster in the 1930s. He was a devoted Zionist and revered as a hero and friend of Israel.
“Germany, among all the countries of the world, has a responsibility to fight against Jewish hatred on all fronts. To support it is a cause of national disgrace. Mr Blume is a disgrace to Germany and should either resign or be fired.”
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The Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center last year classified Bloom as an anti-Semite for his activism and rhetoric against Jews and Israel.
Fox News Digital sent numerous press queries to Bloom and Green Party Governor of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann.