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• ACTION ALERTS: How you can help the NJDC show that Kerry is best for Israel.
• ARTICLES: Keep informed about Kerry and Bush's positions on Israel. See our important news links below. Check back frequently, new links are always being added at the top of the list!

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• PHONE BANK! Get the message out about Kerry, Israel, and Jewish values! We have phone banking in Center City, and now in the suburbs. There are no
  excuses!
• Schedule NJDC @ your synagogue – schedule a discussion with an NJDC representative at your men’s club or sisterhood. E-mail eric@njdc.org for more information.
• NJDC @ home – host an NJDC house party, where you can explain to voters why Kerry is best for Israel and Jewish values. E-mail eric@njdc.org for more information and materials. Help make NJDC materials available at your synagogue for the High Holidays! Contact eric@njdc.org for more info.

• "Simple: George W. knows that running against a caricature of John Kerry gives him a better chance at a second term than embracing his own record. Or the truth." - Boston Globe columnist Scot Lehigh
• “Stem cell research is a phony issue.” – Former Mayor of New York Ed Koch, speaking in Wynnewood, 10/4/04
• “"To my knowledge, I have not seen any strong, hard evidence that links the two (Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein).” – Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
• Speaking Friday at Temple University in Philadelphia about "Fighting the War on Terrorism," Senator John Kerry spoke clearly and powerfully about his commitment to Israel:
  "Let it be clear that the issue here is advancing democracy in Arab nations, not yielding to pressure to undermine Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East. Our alliance with Israel – the survival and security of Israel – are non-negotiable. The only solution is a Jewish state of Israel living side by side in security and peace with a democratic Palestinian state. That is what we need to achieve."

Important News Links

Check back frequently, new links are always being added at the top of the list!

• The Faces of Denial
• Boston Globe columnist Scot Lehigh Weighs In on "Bush's Campaign of Distortion"
• CIA report rebuts claims of Iraq - Al Qaeda Link
• The LA Times Weighs in on "Is Bush a Dope?"
• The Bush Administration Flip Flops on the Link Between Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein
• Bremer admits that the Iraq effort was mismanaged
• Why Voters Will Support Kerry at the End

• Kerry spoke Temple University on Friday 9/24/04: “George Bush made Saddam Hussein the priority. I would have made Osama bin Laden the priority," Kerry said. "I will finish the job in Iraq and I will refocus our energies on the real war on terror.”
• During that same speech, Kerry blasted Bush for not fully addressing the worldwide epidemic of AIDS. “The Global Fund has no confidence in America. America is losing its moral authority because we don't step up on issues like AIDS. I will. I will lead America on these issues."
• The latest poll: “ U.S. Jews Support Kerry over Bush; Support Israel’s Security Fence, Gaza Withdrawal.”

• The war in Iraq is not just wrong, Annan says, it’s ILLEGAL:
• Even Colin Powell is dismayed by the lack of progress Bush has made in getting peace in the Middle East: (NYT article – free subscription required)
• The Security fence is in being threatened through the UN, and where is Bush!?@*#@$# http://www.forward.com/main/article.php?ref=perelman200409231244

• Tell Jonathan Tobin that he has failed his own quiz! Amazing how he presents eight questions, and all eight are answered with right-wing spin!
• Democratic Votes are Important at Home and Abroad
• In Pennsylvania and beyond, every vote matters.

• Continuing to set Kerry’s record straight – “Lies, Damn Lies, and Convention Speeches.” Robert Kaplan from Slate.com weighs in.
• Respect Ralph Nader, but don’t vote for him. “progressives should vote for Kerry, but they should listen to Nader and get to work.”
• “ Kerry, Sharpening Criticism of Bush, Lists Costs of Iraq War.” free registration required for this NYT article. “Senator John Kerry today said that because of poor administration planning the war had cost American taxpayers $200 billion that could have been spent on important needs at home.”

• “A Mythic Reality” – Paul Krugman of the NYT weighs in on what President Bush is actually doing in America. (free registration required to view the article)
• Bush is wrong for Israel, and wrong for America! “Kerry Hits Bush on Record Deficit Predictions.” "Only George W. Bush could celebrate over a record budget deficit of $422 billion, a loss of 1.6 million jobs and Medicare premiums that are up by a record 17 percent," Kerry said. "W stands for wrong -- the wrong direction for America."
• “A Jewish Critique of Bushism” – look harder at the Bush administration’s tactics.

• www.thousandreasons.org. Relentlessly documenting the failures of the Bush administration.
• “US Actions Weaken United Nations”
• Bush, bad for Israel, and bad on Medicare – “US Medicare premiums will increase by 17 percent in 2005, an increase unequaled in the history of medicare.”
• Maureen Dowd talks about the fallacies perpetuated at the RNC - “Inside Madison Square Garden, W. kept insisting he'd made the world safer. Outside, the exploding world didn't seem safe at all.”

• The Republican National Convention features more baseless Anti-Kerry rhetoric! -- Washington Post, "Guiliani Charges Lack Context"
• Why the security fence (which George Bush opposed until 2004) is necessary -- "Peace and Non-Fiction":
  "The security fence is a reality growing directly from the inability of Palestinian leadership to stop terrorism as it promised it would before the world on the lawn of the White House Rose Garden in 1993"
• Kerry: Jobless Rate Points to Failures -- "Kerry says that jobless figures point to Bush 'record of failure'
• From Israel and Ha'aretz -- "Not anti-American, but Anti-Bush". -- "The behavioral norms that George W. Bush and his people are trying to impose, both at home and in the international arena, arouse aversion."
  
• GOP convention edition of NJDC News Digest
  1. Karl Rove Belittles Concerns About Crosses at GOP Convention
  2. Media Round-Up: Coverage of the Cross Story at the RNC
  3. JTA Reports on Uphill GOP Battle to Recruit American Jews
  4. Anti-Gay Extremist Speaks for Republican Party
  5. GOP House Speaker Launches Wild Attack Against Jewish Philanthropist

• NJDC Truth Squad:
  1. Giuliani's Hypocrisy: Ignoring Bush's Flip-Flop on the Security Fence
  2. The Party Platforms on Israel: Parity, with Some Democratic Advantages

• "Bush and the Settlements" -- editorial from the Forward "The Bush administration has shown what can most charitably be described as exquisitely bad timing in its reported policy reversal on settlement construction." http://www.forward.com/main/article.php?ref=200408251008
• "Shalom: Be'er Sheva Attack Shows Importance of Fence -- from today's edition of Ha'aretz "We are confiden that when we have built [the fence], terrorism will stop." http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/471728.html
• International reaction to the latest brazen act of terrorism: "As a man who went to Israel as a pro-Palestinian peace activist, I am truly fed up. I have since changed my views entirely. Enough is enough. Sam Loos, UK" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/3615462.stm
• We need YOU more than ever! http://www.electoral-vote.com/

• "Bush Works at Avoiding Public Spat With Sharon" -- Bush flip-flops on his settlement policy: http://www.forward.com/main/article.php?ref=nir200408251020
• "In Palm Beach, Results of 2000 still stir a fight" http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/28/politics/campaign/28votersx.html
• "Bush's Key Task: His Reinvention as a true uniter" http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/0829robb0829.htm

• John Kerry's editorial in the Forward

  " I believe that we must stand with Israel, supporting our ally's right to build a security fence and to allow its own Supreme Court -- not the International Court of Justice -- to address the issue of the route of the fence. The fence has proven its value as an anti-terror measure. ...My commitment to a safe and secure Jewish state is unwavering. For 19 years, this is a pledge I have kept in the United States Senate -- whether through my votes on economic aid, military security or the location of the U.S. Embassy. And it is one I will continue to keep as I lead a bold new effort to enhance regional security throughout the Middle East." --The full text of Senator Kerry's piece can be found here.
• "Kerry's medals were well deserved, says widow of slain comrade." http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/bush/articles/2004/08/27/kerrys _medals_were_deserved_says_widow_of_slain_comrade/
• Why it's more important than ever to be involved: "Poll: Presidential Race Remains a Dead Heat" http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/26/prez.poll/index.html

   

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