THE TIMES OF ISRAEL "Nabil Abu Rdeneh, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said the Democrat’s decision might just be “election propaganda.” He said a failure to recognize the Palestinian claim to East Jerusalem will “destroy the peace process” and lead to “endless war.”"
Also from the Times of Israel;The night the Democrats lost control of the Israel message "....By Tuesday morning, Republican activists were shopping those differences to reporters.
Unhappy Muslim delegates react to vote on Jerusalem at Democratic Convention
"Another Muslim delegate said because Jerusalem is significant to Christians, Jews, and Muslims, it should be treated like Vatican City — as an autonomous municipality that doesn’t belong to any single country. "
Jumah prayer prior to the 2012 DNC goes off without a hitch or disruption
From the Jerusalem Post; Jerusalem, God, and American politics
Also from the Times of Israel;The night the Democrats lost control of the Israel message "....By Tuesday morning, Republican activists were shopping those differences to reporters.
"The differences were significant enough to justify stories in some Jewish outlets. While the platform still contained strongly pro-Israel language, Democrats had dropped all mention of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, cut the explicit call for Palestinian refugees to return to a future Palestine rather than to Israel, and more.
"The story quickly spread to political blogs and from there to major American papers. By Tuesday night, Democrats had a real crisis on their hands.....
Irony alert: "It’s worth recalling that the Democratic convention began with a workshop for Democratic Jewish activists about how to rebuff Republican assaults on Obama’s Israel record."The story quickly spread to political blogs and from there to major American papers. By Tuesday night, Democrats had a real crisis on their hands.....
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"Another Muslim delegate said because Jerusalem is significant to Christians, Jews, and Muslims, it should be treated like Vatican City — as an autonomous municipality that doesn’t belong to any single country. "
Jumah prayer prior to the 2012 DNC goes off without a hitch or disruption
From the Jerusalem Post; Jerusalem, God, and American politics
"President Obama,seeking to quell a storm of criticism from Republicans and pro-Israel groups, directed the Democratic Party on Wednesday to amend its platform to restore language declaring Jerusalem the Israeli capital."
"The Republican platform is stronger on both God (two mentions) and Israel. Both parties adopt the two-state solution, but the Republicans are explicit in blaming Arabs for frustrating the peace process." Hebrew University Political Science professor Ira Sharkansky
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