“Letter to an Anti-Zionist Friend” showcases the pro-Israel stance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Below are some excerpts from an online article from the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America. It must be stressed CAMERA is renowned for its strong support for Israel.
“We must inform you that ‘Letter to an Anti-Zionist Friend’ (see at bottom of alert) allegedly written by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is apparently a hoax, although, the basic message of the letter was indeed, without question, spoken by Martin Luther King, Jr. in a 1968 appearance at Harvard…”
“We were initially doubtful of the authenticity of the ‘Letter to an anti-Zionist Friend’ because the language in the first paragraph seemed almost a parody of language used in Dr. King's ‘I have a dream’ speech. Additionally, we could find no reference to the “letter” prior to 1999, which was odd because the text is such a dramatic denunciation of anti-Zionism — one that would have been cited widely.”
“However, because we do not ordinarily rely on anyone else's research, we decided to double-check, by searching back issues of Saturday Review (Rabbi Shneier's book had referenced the “letter” as being published in the August 1967 Saturday Review). Lo and behold, there is no such letter in any of the August issues, nor do the page and volume numbers cited conform to those actually used by that publication.”
The full online article can be found here.
