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Romney: Dems “Shameful” for Excluding Jerusalem from Platform

HeadlineSep 05, 2012

On foreign policy, Democrats chose to omit a statement in their 2008 platform that declared Jerusalem to be the undivided capital of Israel. The new platform makes no mention of Jerusalem, while calling for a negotiated two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians. In a statement, the Romney campaign called the Democrats “shameful” for making the change. Despite taking a less right-wing stance in their platform, Democrats featured former Rep. Robert Wexler on the stage Tuesday night to tout President Obama’s support for the Israeli government. In his address, Wexler falsely claimed that a U.N. report critical of Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip in late 2008 had questioned Israel’s right to self-defense.

Robert Wexler: “When the anti-Israel Goldstone report was released, questioning Israel’s right to self-defense, President Obama challenged it. When the U.N. held the Israel-bashing Durban conference, President Obama led an international boycott of it. When a violent Egyptian mob stormed the Israeli embassy in Cairo, it was President Obama who intervened to ensure the safety of the Israelis trapped inside. In the wake of the Gaza flotilla, President Obama’s support for Israel never waned.”

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