{"id":215882,"date":"2021-03-12T16:14:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T21:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=215882"},"modified":"2021-03-12T16:14:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T21:14:47","slug":"largest-pro-israel-group-in-us-launches-ads-against-biden-pentagon-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/largest-pro-israel-group-in-us-launches-ads-against-biden-pentagon-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"Largest Pro-Israel Group in US Launches Ads Against Biden Pentagon Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flargest-pro-israel-group-in-us-launches-ads-against-biden-pentagon-pick%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=215882&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-567.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A prominent pro-Israel group is launching a targeted ad campaign calling on Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (W. Va.) to oppose Pentagon nominee Colin Kahl, citing Kahl\u2019s &#8220;antagonism&#8221; toward Israel and &#8220;disturbing&#8221; positions on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The series of ads will run in six West Virginia newspapers early next week, ahead of the Senate Armed Services Committee\u2019s vote on Kahl\u2019s nomination for undersecretary of defense for policy, which is expected to take place on Tuesday. Manchin has said he is still undecided and is likely to hold the swing vote on the committee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Biden Administration<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/largest-pro-israel-group-in-us-launches-ads-against-biden-pentagon-pick\/\"><strong>Largest Pro-Israel Group in US Launches Ads Against Biden Pentagon Pick<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-justice-department-pick-helped-kill-pipeline-favored-by-key-senator\/\"><strong>Biden Justice Department Pick Helped Kill Pipeline Favored by Key Senator<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/small-business-owner-touts-trump-backed-ppp-loan-during-biden-visit\/\"><strong>Small Business Owner Touts Trump-Backed PPP Loan During Biden Visit<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ads feature a statement by Pastor Doug Joseph, Christians United for Israel\u2019s state director for West Virginia, describing Kahl as an &#8220;antagonistic anti-Israel voice&#8221; and asking constituents to call Manchin\u2019s office and voice their opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The ad campaign comes as a number of Republicans have come out strongly against Kahl, due to his positions on Israel and Iran, as well as his inflammatory Twitter comments. Kahl has referred to the GOP as the &#8220;party of ethnic cleansing&#8221; and a &#8220;clown show,&#8221; and approvingly linked to an anti-Israel blog that claimed the &#8220;Israel lobby&#8221; was trying to start a war between the United States and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kahl\u2019s nomination may well hinge on one vote. And that vote will very likely be our state\u2019s own Sen. Joe Manchin,&#8221; wrote Joseph. &#8220;Given his West Virginia values and common-sense approach to the Middle East, I am hopeful he\u2019ll make the right decision and decline to support such a misguided nomination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The stakes are high. I have every confidence that Sen. Manchin is disturbed by Kahl\u2019s record on Israel because, like the majority of West Virginians, the senator has Israel in his heart,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Christians United for Israel is the largest pro-Israel advocacy group in the country and has over 77,000 members in West Virginia, according to a spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kahl\u2019s hostility toward Israel is beyond unconventional. It\u2019s outlandish,&#8221; says Joseph in the ad. &#8220;While serving in the Obama administration, he led an effort to strip recognition of Israel\u2019s true capital of Jerusalem from the Democratic party\u2019s platform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kahl\u2019s disqualifying positions are not limited to his antagonism toward Israel. He has held numerous positions concerning Iran that call his judgment into question,&#8221; the ad continues. &#8220;Among the most disturbing was his opposition to America&#8217;s designation of Iran\u2019s ruthless Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Manchin did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The ads will run in the <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charleston Gazette-Mail<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the<\/span> <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Herald Dispatch<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the<\/span> <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Register Herald<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the<\/span> <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the<\/span> <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Times West Virginian<\/span><\/em> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Fairmont) and the<\/span> <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parkersburg News &amp; Sentinel<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, according to CUFI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Colin Kahl is unfit to serve,&#8221; said CUFI founder and chairman Pastor John Hagee in a statement to the <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. &#8220;His fringe pro-Iran, anti-Israel views would imperil the national security interests of the United States. The people of West Virginia are communicating with Sen. Manchin\u2019s office and we believe it is incumbent upon the Senator to hear what his constituents are saying and oppose this nomination.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prominent pro-Israel group is launching a targeted ad campaign calling on Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (W. 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