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handedness" on the Middle East that
they would bend over backward to show
no favoritism to Israel.
But Lieberman is probably barking up
the wrong tree here. After all, many of
the liberal Jews who will help determine
the outcome probably are supporters of
"evenhanded" policies toward Israel
themselves.
But if Dean or Clark do emerge from
the pack, they will have to be wary of
anything that will make them seem to
be too closely identified with an anti-
Israel tint. In a close election, a swing of
a few Jewish voters in key states could
prove fatal to Democratic hopes.
And that's where one major difference
from 1992 comes in. Because, in stark
contrast to his father, George W. Bush is
regarded by most Jewish voters as sym-
pathetic to Israel.

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Though he hasn't a single Jew in his
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conservative cabal that leftists are so
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a policies that are seen as closely aligned
with that of Israel.
In particular, his refusal to meet with
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, whom
he rightly regards as a terrorist, is deeply
satisfying to most pro-Israel voters.
Some on the Jewish right are still
unhappy about Bush's support of the
road map peace plan and a Palestinian
state, a position now shared by Israeli
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Democrats aren't careful, history might
reverse itself, as a Bush turns the Israel
factor to his advantage this time.

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