Israel-Election project

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Israel-Election Project

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15 June 2008

This seeks to analyse any aspect or aspects on the role of the `Israel-Palestine Conflict ' in the 2008 US presidential election This takes the position that the conflict between the two countries is an important issue in the coming presidential election and any position taken by each of the candidates could materially affect one 's chances in the polls

There is the political aspect of the Israel-Palestine Conflict as

br far as the 2008 US presidential election is concerned . Each presidential candidate 's position on the issue could seriously affect one 's chance in the elections . American voters consider it as an issue on how the candidates will consider the conflict as that of American relationship with Iran , Iraq or any country of the world where America has an interest . The influence on voters will have to be linked on how the presidential candidates address the issue on peace and security of America . The issue on the conflict is linked to America 's problem of terrorism , To illustrate , the candidates may or may not support Israel over that of Palestine . Support for Israel may mean having to protect Israel in case Iran will attack Israel since Iran and other countries are linking its relationship with America on how America is treating the issue . While the Arab countries want the Americans to take out it influence on the conflict , the latter could not do so since many believe that America has been a part of what is the present status of the conflict as a result of supporting the establishment of Israel 's territory in the Middle East

The two dominant candidates of the two major US political parties have actually diverged on the Israel-Palestine conflict where Obama of the Democratic Party , would be expected to take the role of `honest broker ' while McCain of Republican Party , would most likely continue fighting the Islamic extremist as a result of the conflict . McCain is expected to continue what has been done by George Bush from the first day in office . Given that the Bush and McCain are both republicans , it is not surprising to see continuation of the programs (Anderson , 2003 Weidenbaum , 1997 . As to how the American voters will take the issue in the presidential election is matter that must be decided comparably to the issue on US-Iraq relation . If voters would like the continuation of the program of Bush in going against the Islam extremists , then most probably people would vote for McCain , otherwise they would be voting for Obama who , being a democrat , seems to treat the Israel-Palestine conflict as of lesser priority over that of the US economy (The Irish Times (2008 . But since the Israel-Palestine conflict will also have its economic repercussions then Senator Obama , is in indeed very careful in issuing statements about the position he is taking . This is in the context of the use...