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Phillip Weiss

Phillip Weiss has a column in the New York Observer in which he expresses his excitement that 16 wealthy Jewish Democrats have written a letter to President Bush in favor of the "roadmap." Weiss indicates that there would be political benefit for Bush to pressure Sharon into accepting the concessions required by the roadmap, as he could pick up votes from dovish Jews.

The problem with Weiss' argument is that these Jews would never vote for Bush, even if, as did his predecessor, he were to befriend Yassir Arafat. I doubt any Jews will vote for Bush because he pressures Israel, while some moderates in Florida may vote for Bush if he allows Sharon to decide for himself what's best for Israel.

Finally, Weiss refers to the leftist Israel Policy Forum as "centrist." Come on, Phillip. IPF is no more centrist than is the Zionist Organziation of America. While I don't agree with them on everything, I'm a member of the ZOA, but wouldn't pretend it's "centrist", so why the need for Weiss to distort the reality about IPF?
posted on 5/16/2003