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- 5 Reasons Why Liberal Jews Will Never Support Israel
From PJM: In “The Failure of the American Jewish Left,” an article in the current issue of Middle East Quarterly, David Brog, executive director of Christians United for Israel, laments the fact that “for many years, the liberal base of the Democratic...
- The Dnc And Israel
First, a reminder of the second change to the 2012 DNC Party Platform if you haven't already seen the video: So, why did DNC change the platform the first time so as to remove certain language about Israel? From time marker 0:26-0:60, the CNN...
- What Exactly Happened @ Dnc Yesterday Over God And Jerusalem ?
Unfortunately, anyone who actually watched the three votes over the Democratic Party restoring Jerusalem as officially recognized capital by party (none of which were roll call) in Charlotte (I advise all to do so, and inform themselves personally) cannot...
- Democratic Platform Advocates Talking To Hamas, A 'palestinian' 'right Of Return' To 'israel Proper,' 1949 Armistice Lines And A Capital Where?
From Will at The Other News: He's got Israel's back alright.... From the Republican Jewish Coalition's Twitter feed via Yid With Lid, we discover some missing language about Israel in the 2012 (compared with 2008) Democratic...
- Romney Says Israel’s Capital Is Jerusalem, Vows To Move U.s. Embassy There
From The Hill: Mitt Romney on Sunday declared Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel and said he would seek to move the U.S. embassy there from Tel Aviv as president if the Israeli government ascents. “A nation has the capacity to choose its own...
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Dem Convention Chair Villaraigosa: “Boggles My Mind” We Didn’t Have God, Jerusalem In Platform, “I Can’t Defend That”
After acting to re-insert language to their platform that mentions both God and that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, Democrats found themselves on the defensive Thursday against Republican attacks over the moves.
Republicans pointed reporters to discord within the Democratic Party over the fight, accusing the Obama administration of waffling over the Jerusalem-as-capital issue.
“The questions over the Democrat platform haven’t stopped this morning and are overtaking any message [former President Bill] Clinton had last night,” the Republican National Committee said in an email.
The chairman of the convention, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, said on CNN Thursday that the omissions were a mistake. “The notion we wouldn’t have God and Jerusalem in our platform boggles my mind,” he said. “I can’t defend that.”
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- 5 Reasons Why Liberal Jews Will Never Support Israel
From PJM: In “The Failure of the American Jewish Left,” an article in the current issue of Middle East Quarterly, David Brog, executive director of Christians United for Israel, laments the fact that “for many years, the liberal base of the Democratic...
- The Dnc And Israel
First, a reminder of the second change to the 2012 DNC Party Platform if you haven't already seen the video: So, why did DNC change the platform the first time so as to remove certain language about Israel? From time marker 0:26-0:60, the CNN...
- What Exactly Happened @ Dnc Yesterday Over God And Jerusalem ?
Unfortunately, anyone who actually watched the three votes over the Democratic Party restoring Jerusalem as officially recognized capital by party (none of which were roll call) in Charlotte (I advise all to do so, and inform themselves personally) cannot...
- Democratic Platform Advocates Talking To Hamas, A 'palestinian' 'right Of Return' To 'israel Proper,' 1949 Armistice Lines And A Capital Where?
From Will at The Other News: He's got Israel's back alright.... From the Republican Jewish Coalition's Twitter feed via Yid With Lid, we discover some missing language about Israel in the 2012 (compared with 2008) Democratic...
- Romney Says Israel’s Capital Is Jerusalem, Vows To Move U.s. Embassy There
From The Hill: Mitt Romney on Sunday declared Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel and said he would seek to move the U.S. embassy there from Tel Aviv as president if the Israeli government ascents. “A nation has the capacity to choose its own...