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exceptions. President Jimmy 
Carter’
s share of the Jewish vote 
plummeted from 64 percent 
in 1976 to 45 percent in 1980. 
Despite having brokered Israel’
s 
first-ever peace treaty with 
an Arab state, Carter’
s hostile 
relations with Prime Minister 
Menachem Begin, exemplified 
by the American vote for a 
U.N. Security Council resolu-
tion critical of Israel just weeks 
before the election, were seen as 
playing a major role in Carter’
s 
loss of Jewish support.
Four years later, Sen. Charles 
Percy, a moderate Illinois 
Republican, lost in an upset to 
Democratic Rep. Paul Simon in 
part because Percy had pushed 
hard for the sale of advanced 
radar aircraft to Saudi Arabia. 
Illinois Jews were seen as key to 
handing the seat to Simon.
Of course, there are Jews who 
clearly do rank Israel highly — 
and some of them have a lot of 
money. Sheldon Adelson, the 
casino magnate who gave mil-
lions to Republicans in the 2016 
election cycle, has said Israel 
is his principal policy concern. 
So has Haim Saban, the Israeli-

American entertainment mogul 
and major donor to Democrats, 
who has said that he cannot 
support Sanders in part because 
of differences over Israel.
And in swing states with 
a substantial Jewish popula-
tion — Ohio, Pennsylvania, 
Michigan, Georgia, Nevada, 
Arizona and Florida, among 
them — even the relatively 
small percentage of Jews who 
consider Israel first can be 
enough to determine the out-
come in a close election.
Political action committees 
associated with partisan Jewish 
groups are set to spend big 
to promote their message to 
Jewish voters in those states.
The Republican Jewish 
Coalition’
s PAC has said it will 
spend $10 million, and the 
Jewish Democratic Council of 
America is ready to spend at 
least $1 million.
A spokeswoman for the 
Democratic Majority for Israel, 
the pro-Israel Democratic 
group launched earlier this year, 
said it is prepared to spend 
“millions” to elect pro-
Israel Democrats. 

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Attorney General 
Decides Netanyahu Does 
Not Have to Resign as Prime 
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Ruthe Levy: Wrong decision!

Leslee Wallach: What is 
wrong with our world where 
criminality and corruption 
are condoned, almost 
worshipped?

Michael Davidson: 
The indictments against 
Benjamin Netanyahu are 
part of a political witch hunt, 
very similar to what’
s been 
happening to Donald Trump. 
God bless Bibi, and may he 
continue for many years as 
prime minister of Israel.

At thejewishnews.com, we 
had a comment to the JN 
editorial “
Addressing Wayne 
State’
s Board Dysfunction.
”

Kim Trent, Chair, 
Wayne State University 
Board: I totally agree 
with this editorial. Every 
board member should be 
completely focused on his 
or her obligation to forward 
the university’
s mission 
and protect its brand and 
accreditation. I stand ready 
at any time to work to bridge 
any artificial divide on our 
board. Our love for the 
university should bring the 
board together.

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Correction: 
In “It’
s a Floyd!” (Dec. 12, page 48), Kyle Hoff’
s last 
name was misspelled. The JN regrets the error. 

