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["Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kerry Endorsement By Arab and Muslim Groups Raises Important Question.

Contact: Matthew Brooks
Monday, October 18, 2004 

The recent endorsements by the Arab American PAC and the Muslim American PAC
of Democrat John Kerry for President raises an important question for
America's Jewish community, says the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC): Why?


"Clearly these groups do not support President Bush because of his
unwavering support for Israel and his relentless war against Islamic
terrorists," says RJC Executive Director Matthew Brooks. 
"America's Jewish community needs to ask itself what attracts these groups,
who are at odds with Israel and the politicians that support the Jewish
State, to John Kerry." 

Every important Israeli leader from Prime Minister Sharon down has said that
Israel has never had a better friend in the White House than George W. Bush.
Both the Arab American PAC and the Muslim American PAC issued endorsement
statements for Kerry that indicate why they prefer the Massachusetts
senator. 

Muslim American PAC President Mukit Hossain said another term for President
Bush would mean "harsher foreign policies toward Muslim countries - in the
name of combating terrorism." Hossain said Kerry "is not controlled by
religious and political ideologues" and has "shown an eagerness to be
inclusive, and an inclination to engage in.a dialogue." Hossain also
expressed concern about "neoconservatives" in the Bush Administration, which
is used as a code word for "Jew" by some Administration critics. Arab
American PAC President Abed Hammoud said, "With respect to civil rights and
foreign policy, we hope Senator Kerry will change the course the Bush
Administration has put America on." 

"Both of these groups obviously believe Senator Kerry will not support
Israel like President Bush has and will not be as resolute in the war on
Islamic terrorists," Brooks said. "It is not surprising given Senator
Kerry's mixed messages and his complete reversal of important policy
statements." 

Brooks pointed out that Kerry told the Arab American Institute on Nov. 17,
2003, that Israel's security barrier, which has successfully reduced the
number of Palestinian terrorist murders of Israelis, was "a barrier to
peace" which was "provocative and counterproductive." Kerry also called
Yasser Arafat a "statesman" and a "role model" in his 1997 book, The New
War. Kerry said he would appoint Israel critics Jimmy Carter or James Baker
as his Middle East peace envoy on Dec. 4, 2003. Kerry later changed his
position on these and other key issues to the American Jewish community. 
"You can judge political candidates by who their friends are," Brooks said.
"The endorsements of John Kerry by these two anti-Israel groups speaks
volumes and should serve as a warning to Jewish Americans who think John
Kerry is on their side. John Kerry's record on Israel is far from perfect."

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