Romney's staff picked the 150 guests carefully. Religious American immigrants dominated the crowd; secular Jews and native-born Israelis were few and far between. Those present included Jewish-American millionaires, settler leaders like the former chairman of the Yesha Council of settlements Israel Harel, and former Netanyahu aides such as Dore Gold, Naftali Bennett, Ayelet Shaked and Yoaz Hendel.
- By Nanushka
- 31 Jul 2012
- 10:16AM
The opening line, complaining about the lack of native born secular Israelis in the crowd, was quoted in "The Atlantic". Duh!! It's an ELECTION campaign, and Yariv Oppenheimer is not an American citizen. (Miriam Levinger and her 11 children are!) There may be up to 250,000 American citizens living in Israel, the third largest community of Americans abroad, of who perhaps 160,000 are of voting age. That is far more than the number of elderly Jews living in condos in Boca Raton, who may very well once again determine the outcome of the national election. While us former New Yorkers and New Jerseyites will just be a drop in the pro Obama bucket, Olim from Florida, PA and Ohio may just determine the election. SO REGISTER NOW!!!!!!
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