This You Tube video, entitled Israelis for Obama is amazing. It does not provide a great deal of new information about his policies, which are not all that different from McCain’s when it comes to Israel. It does something far more important. It shows the Israel to which Obama is committed i.e. pluralist, sophisticated, multi-lingual, racially/ethnically diverse, artistically accomplished, militarily powerful, and committed to peace.
One person asked me, “but what does it tell us he will do about Iran getting nukes and what that will mean for Israel”. It tells us that Obama will work with people like those in the video to make sure that neither Israel nor the world gets destroyed, if Iran goes nuclear. I know that is not as sexy as scaring people into WW III, but it strikes me as far smarter.
Frankly, I hope that the Republicans produce something this constructive and engaging also. Then we could stop competing over who will better respond to doomsday scenarios we don’t want to happen, and ask who will do a better job of nurturing the vision we have for Israel, the Middle East and America.