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Monday, May 19, 2008 12:00 AM

Are the Jews good for Barack Obama?

With Jewish voters critical in such swing states as Nevada and Pennsylvania, Republicans hope to exploit a supposed softness in Obama's support for Israel. So far, it's not working.
By Mike Madden

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  • Monday, May 19, 2008 11:58 AM

    I wish people would read M. J. Rosenberg's May 16 article

    I know I already recommended this once, but it's uniquely perceptive, and basically argues that the zionist right is stoking anti-Semitism:

    http://www.ipforum.org/display.cfm?id=6&Sub=15

    M.J. is not so wicked as to suggest they are doing it deliberately, but connoisseurs of Herzl will recall the infamous statement in his diaries, "Anti-Semites will become our surest friends, anti-Semitic countries our allies."

    —Rowan Berkeley Read Rowan Berkeley's other letters

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