Republican Jews Display Selective Memory on Israel

NJDC — January 28, 2010 – 4:07 pm | Barack Obama | Democrats | Foreign Policy | Israel | Stop the Smears Comments (0) Add a comment

We have heard reports that the Republican Jewish Coalition is “disturbed” by a recent congressional letter—a non-binding step that has no weight of law. We find ourselves similarly “disturbed” by their selective memory. Why were they not “disturbed” when more than half of House Republicans voted against $2.2 billion in aid to Israel last summer—a step with tremendous consequences, not a mere letter—when 95% of House Democrats voted in favor? Why were they not “disturbed” when Representative Eric Cantor (R-VA), the only Republican Jew in Congress, broke a widely-observed taboo and criticized President Barack Obama’s Middle East foreign policy from overseas, further placing it in the political context of Jewish voting? Why haven’t they been “disturbed” on the other occasions when Rep. Cantor has used his high office to play partisan politics with the U.S.-Israel relationship? We appreciate the RJC’s sensitive sensibilities; we just encourage them to apply them when damaging Republican actions count.

The fact remains: the Obama Administration and the House and Senate Democratic leadership take a back seat to nobody in American history when it comes to strengthening the U.S.-Israel relationship and expanding Israel’s qualitative military edge.

 

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