Posted on 08/06/2009 5:04:33 AM PDT by steven33442
JERUSALEM – The Obama administration's policy on Israel is misguided, puts too much emphasis on the issue of settlements and ignores the bigger threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, a U.S. delegation of Republican congressmen visiting Israel said Thursday. Led by minority whip Eric Cantor from Virginia, the only Jewish Republican in Congress, the delegation of 25 Republicans say their weeklong mission to Israel is designed to show solidarity with the Jewish state and promote Mideast peace. A group of Democratic congressmen are expected to visit next week. Cantor said that instead of focusing on issues such as Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank, Obama should concentrate on "the primary issue of import ... and that is the existential threat that Iran poses not only to the state of Israel but to the United States." The congressman said he is "concerned about what the White House has been signaling of late." Israel believes Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons that could one day be used against the Jewish state. Iran says its nuclear program is meant only for energy production. Cantor and others supported Israel's handling of the eviction of two Arab families from a house in east Jerusalem earlier this week, a move criticized by the European Union and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "I don't think we, in America, would want another country telling us how to implement and execute our laws," Cantor said.
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“Eric Cantor from Virginia, the only Jewish Republican in Congress”
Is this true? At one point there were about 5 Jewish Republican Senators alone . . Ouch.
Norm Coleman, Jacob Hecht, and Rudy Boschwitz cover the last couple centuries. I’d count count Judah Benjamin even though he was a Whig, since he could have been the first Jewish Vice President, had he thought the job was worth anything. In the House, it takes one hand and a thumb to count the Jewish Republicans over the years.
BTW, I believe Texas’ first House member was Jewish, no party affiliation.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Arlen Specter, Jacob Javits immediately come to mind.
I learned that Warren Rudman of New Hampshire was also Jewish. He was the genius who gave us David Souter.
You’re right, I left out Javits and Rudman, that’s five. Specter is a Dem, but if you count him six.
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