A proposal to support "with all my heart." Approach "pragmatic". "It could cause you to lose the Jewish vote." The day after Barack Obama's call for Israel to return to 1967 borders - the ones before the Six Day War, before the occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza - the world's debates and the American Jewish divide.
It is not just a fact. The support of U.S. Jews to Obama and the Democrats - in terms of votes, funds, influence public opinion - will be key for re-election of president in 2012. In 2008 Jews accounted for 2% of the American electorate. 78% vote, then, for Obama. That massive preference for the Democratic candidate did not surprise anyone.
American Jews constitute one of the traditionally more liberal and progressive community of America, particularly in urban centers. And the Democrats have always returned the support, and became the strongest supporters of Israel (where the Republicans, especially before Sept. 11, often have cultivated a policy close to the Arab elites).
The neighborhood policy has obviously translated into financial support. For the 2008 campaign, Obama has received from action groups, pro-Israel more than one million dollars (which of course should be added to the funding of committees generally Hebrew). That support has remained constant in recent years, regardless of the emergence of facts and strategies did not exactly in tune with American Jews: a time very close relationship between Obama and Reverend accused of anti-Semitism, Jeremiah Wright, the coldness always most exposed, obviously, between the President and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
It therefore seems particularly interesting to see what will happen now that Obama has called with an emphasis on the government to return to Jerusalem of 1967. The implications of the proposal described them very clearly Dore Gold, former Israeli ambassador to the UN: "Israel today is 45 miles wide.
If we do go back to the 1967 borders, we restrict it to 8 miles. " It 'an intended outcome, is likely to arouse the concerns of much of the American Jewish world, even the traditionally Democratic. "Should Obama keep this proposal for the next election year, could pay in terms of the Jewish vote," said Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Rabbi.
Well aware of the risks for 2012, the men of the administration have already been mobilized. Michael Adler, a builder in Miami, a great collector of funds for Democrats, asked to see Jim Messina, Obama's campaign manager, and asked him to be "very active" in countering the impression that Obama has abandoned Israel.
Messina then asked Penny Pritzker, the Obama campaign's financial director in 2008, to meet with leaders of Jewish groups, to reassure them about the intentions of the President. It also moved the main Jewish groups in the Democratic area. The organization J Street said he "wholeheartedly support" the proposal back to the '67 borders.
The National Jewish Democratic Council has called "pragmatic, far from radical anti-Israeli." The mobilization, however, indicates a concern in the face of what many commentators describe as "rolling the dice" of the president. Even so, on the other hand, have already mobilized. "Obama has thrown Israel under a bus," said Mitt Romney.
"The idea of Obama is a dangerous mistake," said Tim Pawlenty. Both Romney and Pawlenty, Obama will likely Republican challengers in 2012. In competition for the vote, and funding of U.S. Jews. 
It is not just a fact. The support of U.S. Jews to Obama and the Democrats - in terms of votes, funds, influence public opinion - will be key for re-election of president in 2012. In 2008 Jews accounted for 2% of the American electorate. 78% vote, then, for Obama. That massive preference for the Democratic candidate did not surprise anyone.
American Jews constitute one of the traditionally more liberal and progressive community of America, particularly in urban centers. And the Democrats have always returned the support, and became the strongest supporters of Israel (where the Republicans, especially before Sept. 11, often have cultivated a policy close to the Arab elites).
The neighborhood policy has obviously translated into financial support. For the 2008 campaign, Obama has received from action groups, pro-Israel more than one million dollars (which of course should be added to the funding of committees generally Hebrew). That support has remained constant in recent years, regardless of the emergence of facts and strategies did not exactly in tune with American Jews: a time very close relationship between Obama and Reverend accused of anti-Semitism, Jeremiah Wright, the coldness always most exposed, obviously, between the President and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
It therefore seems particularly interesting to see what will happen now that Obama has called with an emphasis on the government to return to Jerusalem of 1967. The implications of the proposal described them very clearly Dore Gold, former Israeli ambassador to the UN: "Israel today is 45 miles wide.
If we do go back to the 1967 borders, we restrict it to 8 miles. " It 'an intended outcome, is likely to arouse the concerns of much of the American Jewish world, even the traditionally Democratic. "Should Obama keep this proposal for the next election year, could pay in terms of the Jewish vote," said Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Rabbi.
Well aware of the risks for 2012, the men of the administration have already been mobilized. Michael Adler, a builder in Miami, a great collector of funds for Democrats, asked to see Jim Messina, Obama's campaign manager, and asked him to be "very active" in countering the impression that Obama has abandoned Israel.
Messina then asked Penny Pritzker, the Obama campaign's financial director in 2008, to meet with leaders of Jewish groups, to reassure them about the intentions of the President. It also moved the main Jewish groups in the Democratic area. The organization J Street said he "wholeheartedly support" the proposal back to the '67 borders.
The National Jewish Democratic Council has called "pragmatic, far from radical anti-Israeli." The mobilization, however, indicates a concern in the face of what many commentators describe as "rolling the dice" of the president. Even so, on the other hand, have already mobilized. "Obama has thrown Israel under a bus," said Mitt Romney.
"The idea of Obama is a dangerous mistake," said Tim Pawlenty. Both Romney and Pawlenty, Obama will likely Republican challengers in 2012. In competition for the vote, and funding of U.S. Jews.
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