American-Jewish Support, For Israel; Not What It USED-To-Be!

[Mr. Shaman]

There appears to have been a serious maturation-process!​

"Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has at last acknowledged, with caveats, the need to establish a Palestinian state.

By refusing to address the growth of the settlements, Netanyahu has avoided a fight with the hard-right forces in his governing coalition. Yet he has asked the leaders of the Palestinian Authority to accept a state whose contours no Palestinian could willingly accept. He demands a Palestine with no army, yet also demands that the Palestinian Authority suppress Hamas as a precondition for negotiations with Israel -- something, as my American Prospect colleague Gershom Gorenberg has pointed out, that the very well-armed Israeli army has been unable to do.

The Israeli government speaks of the "natural growth" of the settlements, but, says Queens Democrat Gary Ackerman, "having children can't be an excuse to expand a settlement. Neither side should be expanding beyond its perimeters or attacking the other side. No expansions, no how, no way, no shticks, no tricks."

What underpins the resolve of both the administration and Congress to push the Israelis, no less than the Palestinians, toward a settlement is the clear approval this approach commands among American Jews. A poll taken in March for J Street, an organization of American Jews that favors a territorial accord, showed 72 percent support among Jewish Americans for U.S. pressure on Israel and its Arab neighbors to reach an accord, and, remarkably, 57 percent support for U.S. pressure just on Israel. The poll also found 60 percent opposition to the expansion of settlements.

These numbers reflect changes in American Jewish life and thought that have been building for decades. At a broad level, the intense identification of American Jews with Israel has been waning for many years."

 

[Popeye]

American Jews typically vote heavily Democratic too..exit polls showed them going 78% for Obama. It's good to see the American Jewish population realizes that pressure must be put on Israel to stop the illegal settlements before any kind of peace can be achieved.

It's interesting to note that the fools on the right in this country like to call anyone who isn't enamored with the Israeli slaughter of innocent women and children, such as what took place in Gaza, anti semetic or anti Israel...I wonder what they'll have to say now?

 

[Pandora]

American Jews typically vote heavily Democratic too..exit polls showed them going 78% for Obama. It's good to see the American Jewish population realizes that pressure must be put on Israel to stop the illegal settlements before any kind of peace can be achieved.

It's interesting to note that the fools on the right in this country like to call anyone who isn't enamored with the Israeli slaughter of innocent women and children, such as what took place in Gaza, anti semetic or anti Israel...I wonder what they'll have to say now?

Why is the Israel settlement illegal? Did they not win that land in the 6 day war when they royally kicked the arsses of several countries?

 

[Mr. Shaman]

American Jews typically vote heavily Democratic too..exit polls showed them going 78% for Obama. It's good to see the American Jewish population realizes that pressure must be put on Israel to stop the illegal settlements before any kind of peace can be achieved.

It's interesting to note that the fools on the right in this country like to call anyone who isn't enamored with the Israeli slaughter of innocent women and children, such as what took place in Gaza, anti semetic or anti Israel...I wonder what they'll have to say now?

Maybe they'd consider listening to actual residents....the "conservatives'" worst-nightmare......​

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Why is the Israel settlement illegal? Did they not win that land in the 6 day war when they royally kicked the arsses of several countries?

You really do need to pay better-attention.

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