With elections in February, Israel searching for its Obama

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* Posted on Sunday, December 14, 2008

With elections in February, Israel searching for its Obama
By Dion Nissenbaum | McClatchy Newspapers



JERUSALEM — While U.S. Sen. Barack Obama was running for president, Israeli pundits publicly fretted that he was too green, too liberal and too naive to capably navigate diplomatic quagmires in the Middle East.

Now, Israeli politicians can't get enough of the president-elect.

Candidates across the Israeli political spectrum are doing everything they can to wrap themselves in the Obama mystique as they position themselves for national elections in February.

The conservative front-runner has re-designed his campaign web site to mirror Obama's.

The religious right wing party has appropriated Obama's trademark "Yes We Can" slogan - and personalized it by adding "...with God's help."

And one of Israel's small, left wing parties enlisted help from a pair of Obama campaign consultants.


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