Latest Smear
Obama waging campaign to weaken Israel’s security? That’s a lie.
Nasty rumors are yet again making their way into inboxes around the country, claiming that President Obama is trying to undermine Israel’s security and discredit its international standing by revoking Israel’s landing rights at US military bases around the Middle East and snubbing Prime Minister Netanyahu during their March 2010 meeting. That’s an outright lie.
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Prominent Jewish philanthropist Edgar Bronfman sides with Obama
American Jewish philanthropist and Birthright Israel Board Member Edgar Bronfman defends President Obama’s approach to settlements, writing that it is “the only approach you can take if you truly love Israel and care about its survival.”
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Other Smears
Obama planned “ambush” of Israel at U.N.? Fat chance.
A rumor email smear, originally published at OneJerusalem.com, claimed that President Obama planned an “ambush” of Israel at the United Nations General Assembly and was going to demand that Israel recognize a Palestinian “terror state” on the West Bank. Wrong.
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Obama threw Israel under the bus in Cairo speech? Nope.
A nasty smear claims President’s Cairo speech was the “end of the America’s strategic alliance with Israel” or worse. That’s nuts – did they even watch his remarks?
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Birther leader claims Obama is “clear and present danger to Israel?” Ridiculous.
Orly Taitz, the de facto leader of the group to prove President Obama is not an American citizen and ineligible to be President, makes insane claims about Israel in a recent Haaretz interview.
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President Obama is trying to make the West Bank “Judenrein”? That’s bunk.
Some are arguing that President Obama’s call for a freeze of Israeli settlement building in the West Bank, and the likely removal of Jewish settlers to achieve a two-state solution, is an attempt to make the West Bank Judenrein. That’s not only wrong – it’s also offensive.
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Obama resettling Hamas members in America? That’s crazy.
Obama signed an executive order to resettle Hamas members in the United States? Not a chance.
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Iranian terrorists let go? Wrong.
A wild rumor that the Obama Administration let five Iranian terrorists go in Iraq has nothing to it.
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Removing West Bank Israeli settlements is ethnic cleansing? Nonsense.
Some are claiming that removing Israeli settlements in the West Bank amounts to ethnic cleansing. That’s nonsense.
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Obama’s policy on Jerusalem and the US Consulate is anti-Jewish and anti-Israel? That’s outrageous.
An email smear claims that the US “has joined the Palestinian Authority in wiping Israel off the map.” Let’s be clear: there has been no change in the role of the U.S. Embassy to Israel in Tel Aviv or the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem under the Obama administration.
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Other Supporters
Watch prominent Israelis speak of 2 states and Obama
Watch testimonials from a group of prominent Israel defense officials, politicians, diplomats, writers, and musicians. For full-size video, go here.
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Reform Jewish leader supports President Obama on Israel
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President of the Union of Reform Judaism, expressed his and the Reform Movement’s confidence in President Obama’s commitment to Israel’s well-being, while endorsing the administration’s call for a halt in Israeli West Bank settlement construction.
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Israeli leader: Palestinian state in Israel’s interests
Israel Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni supports the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel because that’s what’s best for Israel.
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Author Elie Wiesel supports Obama
Elie Wiesel – Holocaust survivor, Nobel Laureate, and author of the best-selling book Night – supports President Obama’s push for peace.
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Case for Israel author defends Obama on settlements
Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz recently wrote in The Wall Street Journal that “getting tough on settlement expansion should not be confused with undercutting Israel’s security.”
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Head of Israel’s Military Intelligence Research Division supports Obama’s approach to Syria
Brig.-Gen. Yossi Baidatz, head of Israel’s Military Intelligence research division, agrees with President Obama that a Syria-Israel peace deal would reduce Syrian involvement with Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas, bolstering Israeli security.