CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager's Lie Concerning Israel at a Church Lecture: E-mails to His Reverend

As noted in an April blog entry (http://jgcaesarea.blogspot.co.il/2013/04/pamela-geller-prevented-from-speaking.html), CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager spread a lie about Israel at his New Canaan Church. Fager claimed that Bethlehem is surrounded by a security wall, and although his contention was challenged real time at the church by Dexter Van Zile, Fager is ducking the issue.

On Thursday, I sent an e-mail to Fager's reverend:

Dear Reverend Walsh,

You invited one of your congregants, Jeff Fager, to speak about Bethlehem before your church. Mr. Fager stated that Bethlehem is surrounded by a security wall, and as someone who lives in Israel, I can assure you that this is incorrect.

Mr. Fager was challenged to prove his assertion, but he has since avoided the issue.

You told your congregation that Mr. Fager is: “a man of extraordinary integrity and character. He's a man of grace in a world without grace. He's a trustworthy soul in a world where people ain't always so trustworthy.”

Query: Has Mr. Fager acknowledged to you that he spread a falsehood at your Church?

As you can see below (http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=3&x_outlet=13&x_article=2445), much of what Mr. Fager claimed, beyond the mere issue of the purported wall, is the subject of serious contention.

Would your congregants be interested in hearing a different description of events on the ground from people who are far better informed than Mr. Fager?

Yours sincerely,
Jeffrey

I am still waiting to hear back from Reverend Peter Walsh. Today, I dashed off another e-mail to him:

Dear Reverend Walsh,

I have not heard back from you.

By now, you are surely aware that Bethlehem is not surrounded by a security wall.

Have you discussed this matter with Jeff Fager? Have you personally informed your congregants that Mr. Fager was mistaken?

Is it not imperative that this falsehood, intended to foster enmity, be addressed and rectified in your House of God?

Yours sincerely,
Jeffrey

Let's see if there will be a reply.