WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) responded to a spate of troubling expressions of hostility toward Israel coming from the Obama administration in recent days. RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said:
“Last week, the Obama administration went out of its way to ‘humiliate‘ a top Israeli official in retaliation for private remarks for which that official had publicly apologized. Yesterday (Monday,Oct. 27) the State Department accused the Netanyahu government of lacking a commitment to peace because it had the temerity to authorize housing construction in the capital of Israel. And today, top aides to the president attacked Israel’s Prime Minister in coarse, insulting language from behind the veil of anonymity.
“Americans expect their commander-in-chief to keep faith with critical allies in perilous times. This administration is dangerously off-course and its apparent determination to provoke a crisis in US-Israel relations is the latest disastrous evidence.
“We urge pro-Israel Americans to register their reservations about President Obama’s naïve and petty foreign policy next week by supporting Republican candidates and electing a Congress that will stand up to him.”
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Preceding provided by the Republican Jewish Congress