GOP Candidates Use Jewish Forum To Knock Bush’s Push for Peace

[Purveyor]

Washington - In an appearance before Jewish voters Tuesday, all five Republican presidential candidates expressed skepticism about the Bush administration’s current push for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.

At an October 16 event for presidential candidates hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition, Giuliani regaled his audience with the tale of how, as mayor of New York, he threw Yasser Arafat out of a concert.

The event, hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition, featured the leading contenders for the GOP nomination: Rudy Giuliani, Sam Brownback, John McCain, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson.

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The criticism of negotiation efforts between Israelis and Palestinians comes at the time when the White House is engaged in an ambitious effort to promote such negotiations, with an American-sponsored peace conference planned for next month. The Republican candidates all pointedly distanced themselves from this recent push for peace.

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Former New York City mayor Giuliani, who drew applause from the audience after retelling the tale of how he threw Yasser Arafat out of a New York concert, said the Palestinians need to live up to a set of conditions before any negotiations can be considered.

“We don’t need to create another terrorist state,” Giuliani added.


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http://www.forward.com/articles/11848/

[tekisui]

1. Chimpy's Push For Peace!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Just like a Gopper to knock it, too. They love the wars!

[regnaD kciN]

2. “We don’t need to create another terrorist state”...

...after all, we've already done such a great job creating one in Iraq! :eyes:

[regnaD kciN]

3. Proving, once again...

...that the only politically-acceptable range of "dialog" on this issue in the U.S. is over whether Palestinians should be exiled, eliminated, or merely enslaved. All other options are "off the table." :grr:

[Ian David]

4. 2% of Americans are Jews. 14% of Jews are Republicans. Very important vote.

Because most of them are neither brown nor snowmen.