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

Mark Weber
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.”