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Palin on Israel visit to meet with Netanyahu

Potential 2012 presidential contender Sarah Palin is scheduled to have dinner with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on her second and last day in Israel. Palin will dine with Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, on Monday before returning to the United States. \”As the world confronts sweeping changes and new realities, I look forward to meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu to discuss the key issues facing his country, our ally Israel,\” Palin said in a statement on her official SarahPAC website.

Palin to Obama: Hit reset button with Israel

Sarah Palin called on the Obama administration to hit the reset button with Israel.\n\nIn a statement critical of the Obama administration\’s outreach to countries with which the United States has strained relations, the former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor wrote, “In the midst of all this embracing of enemies, where does the Obama Administration choose to escalate a minor incident into a major diplomatic confrontation? With Iran, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea or Burma? No. With our treasured ally, Israel.”

The spirit of Jonathan Swift, Rotbart should apologize

\” . . . Rotbart wants us to feel guilt, regret and fear; the very emotions that the conservative party and our past presidential party have been trying to make us feel for years now. I\’m happy to say that we voted for change, and the days of Jews being stuck in an uninformed past are over . . . \”

Let bygones (not) be bygones

So John McCain — while claiming that not he\’s not impugning Barack Obama\’s patriotism — impugns Barack Obama\’s patriotism, but we\’re supposed to understand that it doesn\’t really matter, because that\’s just what people do in campaigns.

It’s their turn

If we conservatives believe in fairness, it\’s only fair that Democrats should get their turn at the wheel. We\’ve had our turn for eight long years — and we should fess up to the obvious: America has veered off course, and it\’s a lot worse off today than it was eight years ago

Larry and me

For a while I believed him. McCain was the moderate, pro-Israel Republican who could sweep up many independently minded Jewish voters. Early polls showed McCain getting more of the Jewish vote than Bush. But all that momentum stalled when McCain picked Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.

ANALYSIS: Rough race takes toll on McCain’s image

The story of how John McCain came to be friends with a Jewish anti-war protester speaks to his ability to attract praise from across the political spectrum. These days, however, Democrats say the Arizona lawmaker is no longer acting like the maverick of past years.

Politics, rabbis, gotcha

\” . . . So can a Jew remain true to the Talmud and Torah while simultaneously voting Republican? He not only should not — he cannot . . . \”

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