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Jewish Group Calls for Rescission of Palin's Invitation to Iran Protest Rally

By Jeralyn

The National Jewish Democratic Council is calling on the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations to rescind its invitation to Sarah Palin to participate in the protest rally against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:

Monday’s protest against Ahmadinejad is too important to be tainted by partisanship. Unfortunately, the campaign of Senator John McCain is much more interested in scoring political points than insuring there is bipartisan solidarity around the anti- Ahmadinejad efforts. Therefore, we call upon the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations to withdraw the invitation to Governor Sarah Palin and we applaud Senator Hillary Clinton’s decision to not attend the rally after the attendance of Palin was announced.

By withdrawing Palin’s invitation, the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations will be able to return the focus to America’s outrage towards the genocidal musings and nuclear ambitions of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

My earlier post on Hillary's refusal to appear with Palin is here.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 17, 2008 (boomark / email).