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| November 1, 2012
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American Voters in Israel Voted Romney 6:1

80,000 Americans from Israel have submitted their ballots.
Exit polls show voters overwhelmingly favored Mitt Romney.

By Gil Ronen

 

iVoteIsrael, the leading organization facilitating the ability of Americans in Israel to vote in the US elections, has successfully completed its campaign to make voting from Israel more accessible to as many Americans in Israel as possible.

“iVoteIsrael is proud to announce that 80,000 Americans from Israel have already submitted their ballots to their local county board of elections in any of the 49 states where we successfully registered voters from,” commented Elie Pieprz, national director of iVoteIsrael.   “This represents an unprecedented increase in voter participation from the 20,000 or so that voted in 2008.” Continue Reading »

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| September 19, 2012
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Palestinians denounce Romney for saying the PA isn’t interested in peace

Mahmoud Abbas’ spokesman & Saeb Erekat condemn remarks by Mitt Romney, who briefed donors that the Palestinians are ‘committed to the destruction of Israel.’

By The Associated Press and Reuters
Daniel Bar-On

Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat last year. – Photo by Daniel Bar-On

The Palestinian Authority has denounced remarks by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who told donors that Palestinians “have no interest” in peace with Israel.

According to comments captured on newly released video of his private remarks to wealthy donors, Romney said Palestinians are “committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel” and that the prospects for a two-state solution to Mideast peace were dim. Continue Reading »

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| September 12, 2012
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Obama vows continued cooperation with Libya, Romney states the obvious: American leadership ‘sorely needed’

Romney releases statement critical of Obama administration’s response to attack on Libyan consulate that killed 4 American diplomats

 

U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday condemned Tuesday’s attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, but emphasized that the U.S. would continue cooperating with the Libyan government.

Obama meeting with State Department personnel

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, meets with State Department personnel in the courtyard of the State Department in Washington, Wed., Sept. 12, 2012. – Photo by AP

“The United States condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack,” Obama said in a televised statement from the White House Rose Garden. Continue Reading »

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| August 31, 2012
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Romney asserts that Obama threw Israel under the bus

In Mitt Romney’s presidential acceptance speech he wishes to ‘restore promise of America,’ criticizes Obama for abandoning Israel & other US allies

By Yitzhak Benhorin

 

WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday night with a promise to “restore the promise of America.”

חשף את הצד האישי שלו. רומני (משמאל) וראיין (צילום: AP)

Romney with running mate Ryan – Photo: AP

In what is the most important speech of his career so far, Romney pledged to make US energy independent, cut the deficit, negotiate new free trade agreements and create 12 million jobs.

In his speech he made an attempt to appeal to two of the weaker Republican demographics – women and Hispanics, and criticized US President Barack Obama for throwing “allies like Israel under the bus.” Continue Reading »

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| August 6, 2012
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Watch: New Romney’s Presidential Ad Blasts Obama’s Record on Israel

Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign has released an ad that criticizes the Obama administration’s treatment of Israel.

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

A week after returning from his trip to Israel, Poland and London, the Mitt Romney presidential campaign released a new advertisement, entitled “Cherished Relationship,” which criticizes the Obama administration’s treatment of Israel and draws clear distinctions between the incumbent’s record on Israel and Romney’s record on Israel.

Netanyahu meets Mitt Romney in Jerusalem - Reuters

Netanyahu meets Mitt Romney in Jerusalem – Reuters

“Who shares your values?” the ad begins, with a voice-over adding, “As president, Barack Obama has never visited Israel and refuses to recognize Jerusalem as its capital. Continue Reading »

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| August 3, 2012
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Here’s How Obama’s Jewish margin in Florida could be decisive

According to Florida polls, Obama is losing support from Jewish voters; may even lose state to Romney in 2012 election. Romney campaign advisor says, ‘Jewish voters, like all voters, have been impacted by still-struggling economy,’

By Reuters

 

Selma and Kenneth Furst were among the hundreds of thousands of Florida’s Jewish voters who helped put Barack Obama in the White House four years ago.

This time out, the Fursts are still solidly behind the president, but they aren’t so sure about some of their Jewish neighbors and friends.

“It’s a hard decision, for people to make up their minds,” said Selma Furst, 91, who lives in a condo community in Tamarac, a city of 60,000 near Fort Lauderdale, with her husband, Kenneth, 94. Continue Reading »

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| July 31, 2012
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China: Romney’s Pro-Jerusalem Views May Spark War with Regional Arabs

China has refused to challenge Iran & Syria and now goes  to bat for the Regional Arabs

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

China, which has refused to buck Iran and Syria, now goes to bat for the Arab world and warns that Mitt Romney’s pro-Jerusalem remarks could even “reignite a war between Palestinians and Israelis.”

The presumptive Republican presidential candidate stated in his visit to Israel Sunday and Monday that Jerusalem is the country’s capital, a designation the international community does not accept because of the Arab world’s opposition.

“The U.S. presidential hopeful’s dangerous words should be carefully watched,” wrote the Chinese news agency Xinhua Tuesday. Continue Reading »

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| July 31, 2012
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Is this a taste of things to come?

Obama is at a disadvantage when it comes to Israel. His famous Cairo address in 2009; calling on Israel to halt construction in east Jerusalem, and of course, the symbolic fact that he did not include Israel on his itinerary every time he visited the region.

By Danny Danon

 

The U.S. presidential elections are around the corner. We have now entered the final leg – the last 100 days – of the campaign and the candidates are working overtime to win over voters, including U.S. Jews. President Barack Obama, who time and again has turned a cold shoulder toward Israel and adopted a pro-Palestinian posture, is running against the Republicans’ Mitt Romney, who has repeatedly communicated his pro-Israel world view, including on Sunday night, when he vowed to back Israel’s policy on Iran and on other issues.

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| July 31, 2012
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Romney: Future Borders will be decided by Israel and PA

In interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Romney says Jerusalem & Ramallah must find a way to negotiation borders; adding issue of settlements will be ‘discussed in private’ between the allies.

By Yitzhak Benhorin

 

WASHINGTON – GOP’s presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Monday that he supports the two-state solution, in that Israel and the PA should be the ones to decide their future borders, sans external intervention by a third party.

In an interview with CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” taped during Romney’s visit to Israel this week, the republican candidate was asked about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“I’m on foreign soil, and because it’s long been a policy of both political parties to leave politics at the water’s edge, I’m not going to go through specific foreign policy prescription,” he said. Continue Reading »

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| July 31, 2012
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Video: White House Rejects Romney Naming Israel’s Capital

The White House criticized Romney for seeking  a position on Jerusalem that is contrary to previous administrations.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

The White House criticized Mitt Romney on Monday for adopting a policy on Jerusalem that is different from previous administrations’.

White House press conference
Photo: YouTube screenshot

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee declared in Jerusalem that the city is the capital of Israel, while the Obama administration and predecessors have refused to do because it includes areas of the city unrecognized by the United States.

Josh Earnest, White House spokesman, responded at a press conference to a reporter’s question on Romney’s remarks and criticized the Republican candidate for disagreeing with previously stated policies. Continue Reading »

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| July 30, 2012
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Romney calling Jerusalem ‘Israel’s capital’ is ‘unacceptable,’ says Palestinian’s Erekat

In a speech that followed a day of meetings with Israeli leaders, Romney said it was a ‘moving experience to be in Jerusalem, Israel’s capital.’

 

Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat said on Monday that presumptive Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s assertion that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital is “absolutely unacceptable.”

In a speech in Jerusalem on Sunday evening that followed a day of meetings with Israel’s leaders, Romney said it was a “moving experience to be in Jerusalem,” and described the city as “Israel’s capital.” He suggested that he would move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem if he were elected president. Continue Reading »

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| July 26, 2012
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Just a day before Romney’s visit, Obama is to sign an act expanding US military cooperation with Israel

By signing the U.S.-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act, Obama is trying to upstage Romney for the presidency, as he arrives for an official visit to Israel.

By Barak Ravid

The White House may be trying to steal the thunder from Republican candidate Mitt Romney on the eve of his visit to Jerusalem. A day before Romney is due to land in Israel, U.S. President Barack Obama will sign the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act, which is meant to approve and expand military cooperation between the two countries.

U.S. President Barack Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama. – Photo by AP

The act, which Congress passed a week ago, will be signed by the U.S. Continue Reading »

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| July 25, 2012
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Romney: Obama is undermining Israel’s global standing and the Israelis deserve better

Speaking ahead of his visit to Israel, Mitt Romney says Obama is fond of ‘lecturing Israeli leaders,’ adding Israel will never again be criticized by Washington at UN.

 

The people of Israel deserve better diplomatic protection than that they have been receiving from the United States under President Barack Obama, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said in an address on Tuesday.

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Mitt Romney speaking in Costa Mesa, California – Photo by AP

Speaking at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Reno, Nevada on his upcoming visit to Israel, Romney accused the incumbent president of being “fond of lecturing Israel’s leaders.” Continue Reading »

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| July 13, 2012
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Mitt’s fast-day faux pas with Sheldon Adelson’s ‘tainted money’

Romney says he will not hold a fundraiser dinner in Jerusalem on a fast day; Hillary Clinton prepares to visit Egypt & Israel.

 

1. Romney: No Tish’a B’Av fundraiser

Even before landing in Israel as part of a foreign trip that includes Britain, Germany and Poland, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney experienced some of the complexities of Jewish politics – reports that he intends to attend a $50-60 thousand a plate fundraiser in Jerusalem on the day of the Tish’a B’Av fast raised some eyebrows.

Romney’s campaign was quick to point out that they were fully aware of the sensitivity of the date – and while Romney will be in Israel, he will not hold fundraising at the time of the fast. Continue Reading »

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| June 25, 2012
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Mitt Romney speaking in Lansing, Mich., May 8, 2012 Photo by AP

Republican presidential candidate tells donors at campaign retreat he would do more than Obama to keep Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

By JTA

 

Mitt Romney told donors attending his campaign’s Utah retreat that he is briefed on the Middle East by Israeli government officials.

About 50 of the 700 donors who attended the retreat this weekend in Park City were Jewish, according to one in attendance.

Mitt Romney speaking in Lansing, Mich., May 8, 2012

Mitt Romney speaking in Lansing, Mich., May 8, 2012 - Photo by AP

Many of these attended a breakout session Friday afternoon on the U.S.-Israel relationship, although between half and three quarters of the 100 donors attending the session were not Jewish. Continue Reading »

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