Israeli Americans vote Clinton, but Obama wins global primary

[Scurrilous]

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"Senator Hillary Clinton won the Israel vote in the Democrats Abroad Global Primary, but was defeated in the international race by Senator Barack Obama, who captured the majority of the votes cast by American expatriates who voted in the Democratic Global Primary.

The Democrats Abroad Global Primary was held earlier this month, between February 5 and 12. Balloting took place by mail, fax, and at voting centers in over 30 countries, including Israel. For the first time, voting was also available on the Internet through a secure online voting system.

Ballots were cast from 164 countries and territories, from Antarctica to Zambia, according to Democrats Abroad statement. American citizens living outside the U.S. who joined Democrats Abroad, an official arm of the Democratic Party, were eligible to take part.

In Israel, which is home to an estimated 200,000 U.S. citizens, Hillary received 54 percent of the total vote among members of Democrats Abroad. Obama captured 45 percent of the vote in Israel.

In the global race though, Obama captured 66 percent, compared to Clinton's 33 percent."

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[papau]

1. 23,105 anti-Israel State Department employees gave Obama 15,214 votes - WOW

[Tom Joad]

2. "Anti-Israel" State Dept???

[Lithos]

3. Can you provide a link where that was said?

I didn't see it in the original article or any of the talkback responses.

[Tom Joad]

4. I was interested in the strange idea that the State Dept is "anti-Israel"

of course, in these parts, every human rights organization has been called 'anti-Israel" (including B'tselem) as well as many humanitarian organizations. But here is an agency of the US govt, that gives billions of dollars of annual aid to Israel, now being called "anti-Israel". It boggles the mind.

[Lithos]

5. I was actually asking papau

But, such a statement out of nowhere does generate more questions than not. I am curious to the context.

[Tom Joad]

6. Still no one has backed up this foolish assertion.

[Tom Joad]

7. This might qualify as the strangest "hit and runs" in quite sometime.

still nothing to back up this data, and even stranger the assertion that the US State Dept, part of a government that gives billions in aid to Israel each year, is "anti-Israel".

billions of dollars each and every year... and they get called "anti-Israel"?!

Now maybe there is something to the idea that that term , gets thrown around just a little too much. I mean, if the State Dept is "anti-Israel", with all it does for Israel, then what entity on earth is not "anti-Israel" in the minds of some of our friends here?

It's got to be a bad joke i did not get.