Israel Matzav

What happens to Israel in a Democratic-controlled Congress

For those of you going to the polls in the US on Tuesday who support Israel (I assume that's all of my American readers), YID with LID explains the consequences for Israel of the Democrats taking power:

Charles Rangel (D-NY) has said if the Democrats do not take control he will retire. Lets make sure Charlie gets his rest, because if they win will become the chairman of one of the most powerful committees in the house, the Ways and Means Committee. Lets see some of the fun things Charlie has said about Islamic terrorism:

To call it Islamic terror is discriminating, it's bigoted, it is not the right thing to say."

"We just take for granted that there is an Islamic terror movement because we do have some fanatic people who come from Islamic countries."

Let’s look at another Democrat, former Klansman Senator Robert Byrd who with a Democratic victory would be the Senate Money Man (Chair of The Senate Appropriations Committee) . Senator Byrd's Israel stance is so awful he was rebuked by the National Jewish Democratic Committee, one of the groups that fighting so hard for a Democratic Congress.

Read the whole thing.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:20 PM