Will Obama's "1967 borders" for Israel comment hurt him with Jewish voters?

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by GBBob

Joey..that poll is like asking if George Wallace could count on the black vote..of course it will hurt him. But he is doing what he thinks is correct regardless of the fallout. Not many pols do that. And I'm not saying I agree or disagree with it...need to read more.

Fair enough.

I guess the interesting part to me, like your Wallace comparison, is the question of what threshold of an unusual or apparently contradictory action, does the "lock" of single-issue voters break down?

Maybe this doesn't rise to that level. But in TV reports I saw this morning, if you interpret that Gaza and the West Bank would be made contiguous as has been said, that would essentially split Israel in two, or confine them to the northern part of today's country. That's pretty severe, especially for a country that is surrounded by hostile opposition and is already geographically small.

Plus, the 1967 gains in territory were due to a successful defense of their country back then, not due to aggression on the Israeli's part to gain land.