Obama Supporters To Obama: Hands Off Jerusalem
American Jewish voters voted for Barack Obama in greater numbers than any group, except for African Americans. American Jews worked for and financially supported Obama with unrivaled intensity.
Therefore, it is interesting to note that these rock solid Obama enthusiasts strongly oppose the Obama administration's policy of dividing Jerusalem. In a recent poll conducted by the international survey firm McLaughlin and Associates, American Jewish voters emphatically endorsed the policy of keeping Jerusalem the undivided capital of Israel:
"Should Jerusalem remain the undivided capital of Israel or should the United States force Israel to give parts of Jerusalem, including Christian and Jewish holy sites, to the Palestinians?"
64% support keeping Jerusalem the undivided capital of Israel
13% support turning it over to the Palestinians
23% did not answer the question.
The poll was conducted after the Obama administration chastised Israel for building in Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem.
For more polling results on the attitudes of American Jewry
click here.On Friday,
Eli Wiesel published a moving tribute to Jewish Jerusalem.