Bloomberg Backs Obama on Israel

David Streeter — September 16, 2011 – 11:17 am | Barack Obama | Foreign Policy | Israel Comments (0) Add a comment

The Wall Street Journal reported today that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg supports President Barack Obama when it comes to Israel. According to the report:

Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the Obama administration’s policy towards Israel, just days after a Republican won a local congressional election in which dissatisfaction with the president’s support for Israel became a campaign issue.

Bloomberg was asked if he has any reservations about the Obama’s Middle East policies during a press conference in Queens on Thursday. The mayor described himself as strongly connected to Israel, and added: ‘I think there’s nothing the president’s done or said that gives me pause to think he doesn’t understand and feel the same way.’

Bloomberg, who is Jewish, described himself as a ‘very strong supporter of freedom-loving peoples around the world. Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. And, obviously, for religious and cultural reasons I have another connection to Israel.’

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