Who knew this debate would turn into a Jewish love fest?
First, conflating affection for the Jewish and support for
Israel is a mistake that people often make, but most Jews do not
vote on the basis of a candidate's position on Israel. If they did,
President Bush would have won much more of the Jewish vote than he
did. Here's the deal. I think it's pretty clear that Obama is no
fan of
Farrakhan, and I have no reason to believe he is an
anti-Semite.
My fear regarding Obama on Israel is not that he'd be hostile
toward it, but more that in the interest of being true to his call
of bringing people together, he'd be too willing to assume the best
intentions of the Palestinian leadership, particularly Hamas, and
thus force Israel into a counterproductive peace process.
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