US Presidents Who Are ?Unfriendly? to Israel Deserve to be Killed, Atlanta Jewish Community Newspaper Said

June  2026

Jewish community leaders respond angrily when American Jews are
accused of “dual loyalty.” Unfortunately, some Jewish leaders, writers
and intellectuals seem to show greater loyalty to Israel and Jewry
than to the country of their citizenship and birth. A startling
example is the call by the owner and publisher of a Jewish community
newspaper for Israel’s leaders to, if necessary, kill any US President
whose policies are “unfriendly” to the Zionist state.

Andrew Adler, owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, wrote
in a column in the issue of Jan. 13, 2012 (below), that Israel’s
leaders should, if necessary, “give 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’ policy includes its helping the Jewish
state obliterate its enemies.” Adler specifically mentioned Iran, the
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, and Hezbollah in Lebanon, as
the “enemies” that every American president must help Israel destroy,
or otherwise risk death by Israeli agents.

Adler continued: “Yes, you read … correctly. Order a hit on a
president in order to preserve Israel’s existence. Think about it. If
I have thought of this Tom Clancy-type scenario, don’t you think that
this almost unfathomable idea has been discussed in Israel’s most
inner circles? … How far would you go to save a nation comprised of
seven million lives? … You have got to believe, as I do, that all
options are on the table.”

Adler’s murderous proposal naturally generated wide interest. The US
Secret Service, which is responsible for protecting the president,
told CNN News that it was “looking into” Adler’s “controversial
column.” Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie told CNN: “We are
aware of it. We are taking the appropriate investigative steps.”
(“Jewish Paper’s Column Catches Secret Services Eye,” CNN, Jan. 22,
2012.) Adler apparently realized quickly that he had made a mistake in
expressing his views publicly. The Jewish JTA news service quoted
Adler as saying “I very much regret it. I wish I hadn’t made reference
to it at all.”