OYBAMA! ‘PIN’ UP DEM WOOS JEWS
Even Jewish Murdoch's pro-Israel New York Post nails Obama on his servility toIisrael.
ISRAEL FLAG ON LAPEL, HE HAILS JERUSALEM
By ANDY SOLTIS, Post Wire Services
BARACK STAR OF DAVID: Barack Obama sports a US/Israel flag pin in DC yesterday after addressing a pro-Israel group and saying, "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided."
Obama: I'm An Ally To Israel
Presumptive nominee Barack Obama tries to woo Jewish voters with speech. June 5, 2008 --
Barack Obama, wearing a pin bearing the Israeli and American flags, kicked off his general election campaign yesterday with an impassioned appeal for Jewish votes that promised Jerusalem must remain the undivided capital of Israel.
PHOTO GALLERY: Hillary Clinton And Barack Obama
COMPLETE ELECTION 2008 COVERAGE
His declaration - which immediately outraged the Palestinians - goes beyond longstanding neutral American policy, which holds that the future of Jerusalem must be agreed upon in negotiations.
Obama, in a major address the day after he clinched the Democratic nomination, told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, "The Palestinians need a state that is contiguous and cohesive, and that allows them to prosper.
"But any agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel's identity as a Jewish state, with secure, recognized and defensible borders," he added.
"Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided."
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ISRAEL FLAG ON LAPEL, HE HAILS JERUSALEM
By ANDY SOLTIS, Post Wire Services
BARACK STAR OF DAVID: Barack Obama sports a US/Israel flag pin in DC yesterday after addressing a pro-Israel group and saying, "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided."
Obama: I'm An Ally To Israel
Presumptive nominee Barack Obama tries to woo Jewish voters with speech. June 5, 2008 --
Barack Obama, wearing a pin bearing the Israeli and American flags, kicked off his general election campaign yesterday with an impassioned appeal for Jewish votes that promised Jerusalem must remain the undivided capital of Israel.
PHOTO GALLERY: Hillary Clinton And Barack Obama
COMPLETE ELECTION 2008 COVERAGE
His declaration - which immediately outraged the Palestinians - goes beyond longstanding neutral American policy, which holds that the future of Jerusalem must be agreed upon in negotiations.
Obama, in a major address the day after he clinched the Democratic nomination, told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, "The Palestinians need a state that is contiguous and cohesive, and that allows them to prosper.
"But any agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel's identity as a Jewish state, with secure, recognized and defensible borders," he added.
"Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided."
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