In case you missed President Obama's speech yesterday on the Middle East with mention of Israel, Palestine, and 1967 borders, here are some details on how that's working out.M.J. Rosenberg, "The Fake Outrage of the Israel Firsters" offers lots of details even though he doesn't think the speech was all that good. He points out apropos of the WSJ story linked below that the vast majority of American-Jewish voters (78 percent) cast their ballots for Obama; the donors are a very small number.The Wall Street Journal points to part of the problem: "Jewish Donors Warn Obama." Oy! the stereotypes!And the WSJ's take on PM Netanyahu's visit to his friend President Obama, "Netanyahu Rejects White House Proposal."

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels is a former editor of Commonweal. 

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