Möjligheten finns. De amerikanska judarna var skeptiska till Obama när denne kandiderade till president 2008, men Obama lyckades stilla deras oro med ett pro-israelist tal på det årets AIPAC. Efter de senaste turerna i samband med Joe Bidens Israelbesök har dock relationen kallnat, och de kritiska rösterna bland de amerikanska judarna börjat höjas. Roger Simon bloggar på pajamasmedia och skriver:
Is the Jewish love affair with the Democratic Party about to end? I know many will be skeptical. And they should be. But I suspect something is brewing. This kind of excessive and weirdly paternalistic attitude to the state of Israel, directed so clearly from the top, seems to come out of a kind of unexamined personal animus. The long record that Obama has of friendship with virulent enemies of Israel has not gone unnoticed.
Han refererar också till en artikel i Wall Street Journal som kommenterar Joe Bidens Israelbesök med dess efterspel som följande:
In recent weeks, the Obama Administration has endorsed “healthy relations” between Iran and Syria, mildly rebuked Syrian President Bashar Assad for accusing the U.S. of “colonialism,” and publicly apologized to Moammar Gadhafi for treating him with less than appropriate deference after the Libyan called for “a jihad” against Switzerland.
When it comes to Israel, however, the Administration has no trouble rising to a high pitch of public indignation. On a visit to Israel last week, Vice President Joe Biden condemned an announcement by a mid-level Israeli official that the government had approved a planning stage—the fourth out of seven required—for the construction of 1,600 housing units in north Jerusalem. Assuming final approval, no ground will be broken on the project for at least three years.
Roger Simon kommenterar avslutningsvis:
For Jews, Obama’s behavior is indeed a “teaching moment.” The bizarre over-reaction to a minor incident in Israel should serve as a wake up call.
Will it? It won’t be easy to tell at first. The coming AIPAC meeting in Washington, at which Clinton and Netanyahu will speak, will undoubtedly contain a certain amount of nice-nice talk. But beneath the surface sands are shifting. We shall see if this morphs into a tectonic plate.
AIPAC 2010 kommmer definitivt att bli intressant. Det finns två stora demokratiska väljarblock som har alla anledningar att känna sig allt mindre hemma i det demokratiska partiet: dels katolikerna, och dels judarna. Om båda dessa grupper bytte partilojalitet ungefär på samma sätt som de evangelikala gjorde under Ronald Reagan, så skulle demokraterna bli ett långvarit minoritetsparti. Det lär förmodligen inte hända, men demokraterna har all anledning att inte köra ut de moderata demokraterna ur sitt parti.
Källor: Pajamasmedia, Wall Street Journal
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