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‘Jewish donors warn Obama on Israel’

In the Wall Street Journal. That’s their headline. About time. (“Here is why Obama will give a Netanyahu speech tomorrow”– MJ Rosenberg.) Where’s Chris Matthews?

Jewish donors and fund-raisers are warning the Obama re-election campaign that the president is at risk of losing financial support because of concerns about his handling of Israel.

The complaints began early in President Barack Obama’s term, centered on a perception that Mr. Obama has been too tough on Israel.

Notice some of the unspoken narrative in the piece– Jews are only 2 percent of the population, but a huge percent of the Democratic fundraising base, which is why Deborah Wasserman-Shultz is head of the Democratic National Committee. Note that when an Obama campaign spokesperson is asked about his problem with Jews, she refers the reporter to Obama supporter Ken Solomon, of the Tennis Channel. Solomon has been honored by AIPAC for boycotting an Arab tennis tournament and used his channel to promote Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer.

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