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'Whose Democratic Party?'

New ad questions Obama's relationship with Israel

September 13, 2012

A new advertisement scheduled to run in Florida makes the case that President Obama has pushed the Democratic Party to embrace anti-Israel policies, according to a copy of the ad obtained by the Free Beacon.

In the coming days, the Emergency Committee for Israel, a pro-Israel advocacy organization, will release an ad entitled, "Whose Democratic Party?"

The spot, which will air during Sunday’s football game between the Miami Dolphins and the Oakland Raiders in what is being described as a "significant ad buy," accuses Obama of leading his party to weaken the U.S.-Israel alliance.

Coming on the heels of the Democrat’s controversial omission and contentious reinsertion of language in the party platform declaring Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the ECI ad asks voters: "Is this still your Democratic Party?"

Following footage of DNC delegates vociferously booing the pro-Israel declaration, the ad reminds viewers in the critical swing state that the Obama administration has on multiple occasions refused to state that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital.

ECI Executive Director Noah Pollak told the Free Beacon that ECI wants Democratic voters to ask themselves if they are comfortable with the party’s direction under Obama.

"The debacle at the DNC signifies where Obama is going in a second term. The first four years have been bad enough, but what happens when he has more 'flexibility?'" Pollak wondered.