Media Matters: Right-Wing Media upset that American Jews Not Turning On Obama

May 27, 2011 4:51 pm ET by Adam Shah

The right-wing media is sure that President Obama betrayed Israel and "sided with the terrorists" with his restatement of U.S. policy that the Israelis and Palestinians should come to a peace agreement that results in a "secure Israel" and "viable Palestine" with "borders ... based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states."

But a funny thing happened. American Jews -- 78 percent of whom voted for Obama in the 2008 election -- didn't immediately rise up against the president. So the conservative media found their next target for attack: American Jews.

On May 23, Glenn Beck called Obama's statement an "absolute betrayal" but said "the Jewish community seems to be giving him a pass yet again ... How is that possible?" One of his sidekicks said the reaction of the Jewish community was "unbelievable."

On May 26, Ben Shapiro published a piece on CNS News arguing that Jews who support Obama are "Jews In Name Only." Shapiro wrote:

In 2008, Obama grabbed 78 percent of the Jewish vote. Even the most wildly optimistic polling today shows that Obama's support remains high among Jews. It's a result that Republicans simply can't understand - why do so many Jews continue to support a president who has shown time and again that he stands against the State of Israel?
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The answer is deceptively simple: the Jews who vote for Obama are, by and large, Jews In Name Only (JINOs). They eat bagels and lox; they watch "Schindler's List"; they visit temple on Yom Kippur - sometimes. But they do not care about Israel . . .

Rightardia is well aware that many of the intellectuals and leaders  in the Democratic  party are Jewish. It has been that way for a long time.

Right wing Israelis have been playing the terrorist card since Israel was founded.  Many years ago Benjamin Natenyahu called the PLO terrorists. Bibi now uses the terrorism card to call the elected leaders of Palestine, Hamas, terrorists.

The right's attempt GOP using Israel as a proxy to gain American Jewish support  didn't fool anybody.

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