{"id":4068,"date":"2011-07-11T11:48:19","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T15:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4068"},"modified":"2011-07-11T12:17:06","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T16:17:06","slug":"washington-post-does-obama-have-an-israel-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/washington-post-does-obama-have-an-israel-problem","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post: Does Obama have an Israel problem?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Does Barack Obama have an Israel problem? The frontrunning GOP candidates seem to\u00a0think so:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe <span style=\"color: #000000;\">seems<\/span> firmly and clearly determined to undermine our longtime friend and ally. He\u2019s treating Israel the same way so many European countries have: with suspicion, distrust and an assumption that Israel is at fault.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>\u2014 Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, June 2, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNowhere has President Obama\u2019s lack of judgment been more stunning than in his dealings with Israel. It breaks my heart that President Obama treats Israel, our great friend, as a problem, rather than as an ally. \u2026 Today the president doesn\u2019t really have a policy toward the peace process. He has an attitude. And let\u2019s be frank about what that attitude is: he thinks Israel is the problem. And he thinks the answer is always more pressure on Israel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>\u2014 Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, June 27, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0\u201cI never will do what the president of the United States did to our ally in May. I will never say to Israel you must pull back your boundaries to the 1967 indefensible lines. I will not do that because I am here to declare today in Des Moines, Iowa, that I stand with Israel.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>\u2014 Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), July 2, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The latest Gallup poll shows that President Obama has 60 percent approval rating among Jewish Americans. Jews generally are a reliable vote for Democrats, and in the 2008 election, exit polls show Obama received 78 percent of the Jewish vote. That gap has sent GOP hearts aflutter, though the polling should be viewed with caution; 60 percent approval is still 14 percent higher than the president\u2019s overall approval rating.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/fact-checker\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to read the Washington Post article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does Barack Obama have an Israel problem? The frontrunning GOP candidates seem to\u00a0think so: \u201cHe seems firmly and clearly determined to undermine our longtime friend and ally. 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