Thursday, December 18, 2008

Protocols of the Elders of Zion: Transition Edition!

From HuffingtonPost:

High-ranking officials with Barack Obama's transition team met for roughly two-and-a-half hours with a wide range of Jewish groups that encompassed nearly the entire ideological spectrum.

The meeting, which involved 29 organizations ranging from hawkish (Zionist Organization of America and, to a lesser extent, AIPAC) and conservative (the Orthodox Union) to Democratic (the National Jewish Democratic Council) and progressive (J Street, Peace Now), took place in the transition's Washington D.C. office on Thursday afternoon.

Reflecting the variety of viewpoints at the table, a host of foreign policy and domestic topics were raised for discussion.
I wonder if this will find its way into anti-Israel talking points as an undue example of Jewish influence in American politics. In any case, it's good to see all the ideological diversity on display: it should remind people--especially on the left--that being pro-Israel does not mean that you must be some kind of warmongering neocon:

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