{"id":2080607,"date":"2023-10-26T18:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T22:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-israel-hamas-war-rages-importance-of-us-republican-jewish-coalition-intensifies\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T18:43:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T22:43:12","slug":"as-israel-hamas-war-rages-importance-of-us-republican-jewish-coalition-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-israel-hamas-war-rages-importance-of-us-republican-jewish-coalition-intensifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid Israel-Hamas conflict, US Republican Jewish Coalition gains significance."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fas-israel-hamas-war-rages-importance-of-us-republican-jewish-coalition-intensifies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2080607&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>The National Republican Jewish Coalition\u2063 Leadership Summit: \u200bA Crucial Event Amidst the Israel-Hamas War<\/h2>\n<p>Long considered a &#8220;can&#8217;t-miss&#8221; annual event for \u200cGOP politicians, the\u200d national Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-markle-urges-ambitious-young-girls-to-challenge-injustice\/\" title=\"Meghan Markle Urges Ambitious Young Girls To \u2018Challenge Injustice\u2019\">leadership summit<\/a> is occurring at a crucial time, shortly \u2063after the Israel\u2013Hamas war erupted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The summit has taken on added significance and added weight, given what&#8217;s going on in Israel,&#8221; RJC spokesman\u2063 Sam Markstein told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bgathering also comes at a time when more \u2064American Jews may be ready to shift their political\u200c affiliation from Democrat to Republican, given that \u200bDemocrats&#8217;\u200d support for Israel has waned, he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/house-passes-resolution-supporting-israel-in-johnsons-first-act-as-speaker-5516632?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>House \u200cPasses Resolution Supporting \u200dIsrael in Johnson&#8217;s First Act as Speaker<\/h3>\n<p>      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>10\/25\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/israels-right-to-exist-5514967?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Israel\u2019s Right to Exist<\/h3>\n<p>      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>10\/25\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former President \u2064Donald Trump and seven other Republican presidential hopefuls are\u2062 scheduled to speak on Oct. 28 at the summit, which is being held at the Venetian Resort&#8217;s conference \u200ccenter in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>About 1,000 people and more than 50 media outlets, including \u2062international press and\u2062 Israeli TV, are expected for the three-day event, which\u2062 begins on Oct. 27.<\/p>\n<p>State and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-israel-hamas-war-rages-importance-of-us-republican-jewish-coalition-intensifies\/\" title=\"Amid Israel-Hamas conflict, US Republican Jewish Coalition gains significance.\">national elected\u200d officials<\/a> will meet with &#8220;some of the most \u2064engaged and influential party activists\u200c in the country,&#8221; according to Mr. Markstein.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This conference is going to show that the \u2063Republican Party unequivocally and apologetically stands with the Jewish state of Israel,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Back in the day, you&#8217;d be able to \u200bget\u200b up at \u2064a Republican or a Democratic event, and you\u200c could say, as a candidate, &#8216;I stand with Israel,&#8217; and it was always an automatic &#8216;applause line,'&#8221; Mr. Markstein said. \u200d&#8221;But I\u200d think you would \u2062get \u2063booed off the stage if you said that in\u200d the Democratic Party today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>  Sam\u200c Markstein, spokesman for the Republican Jewish Coalition, in a 2023 file photo. (Courtesy of Sam Markstein)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The summit, which was scheduled many months ago, begins 20\u200c days after Hamas terrorists\u2063 swooped in on unsuspecting Israelis. The attackers killed, \u200draped, and kidnapped innocent civilians. Hostages,\u200c including Americans, are still being held.<\/p>\n<p>The attackers behaved with\u200c &#8220;such barbarity, it is hard to wrap your mind around,&#8221; according to Mr. \u200cMarkstein, who&#8217;s Jewish. \u2063The initial attack killed about 1,400 people, and thousands \u2062have been killed in Israel and Gaza\u200c since.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Levine, a New York\u200d attorney who serves on\u200b the RJC board, told The Epoch\u2064 Times that he expects that &#8220;all the presidential candidates and \u200bevery elected official that \u200cshows up is going to talk about the Israel\u2013Hamas war.&#8221;\u2063 As well they should, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no more important issue in the world today than America defending Israel,&#8221; Mr.\u2062 Levine said.<\/p>\n<p>He said he thinks many Americans don&#8217;t understand that &#8220;Israel\u200d is fighting our war.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Israeli men and\u2063 women are going to die to advance America&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-war-vets-warn-biden-against-shuttering-gitmo\/\" title=\"Congressional War Vets Warn Biden Against Shuttering Gitmo\">national security interests<\/a>,&#8221; Mr. Levine said.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas&#8217;s attack on Israel \u200cis &#8220;an assault on Western \u200dcivilization,&#8221; he \u2062said. &#8220;Western \u200dcivilization is either going to win or lose. That is what is at stake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hamas, which controls a 140-square-mile area that includes about 2 million Palestinians, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matters-most-prominent-chapter-launches-drive-targeting-police-unions\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter\u2019s Most Prominent Chapter Launches Drive Targeting Police Unions\">long declared<\/a> that it wants to destroy Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. \u2063Levine \u2063said he finds it deeply\u200b disturbing and \u200boutrageous that \u200d&#8221;we&#8217;re \u2064seeing the \u2064mainstreaming of anti-Semitism from the left,&#8221; pointing to the recent pro-Palestinian protests on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faculty-free-speech-under-scrutiny-with-erosion-of-academic-tenure\/\" title=\"Academic tenure erosion raises concerns over faculty free speech.\">liberal college campuses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;That is waking up American Jews,&#8221; he\u2063 said. &#8220;It is a very\u200c troubling time\u200b for American Jewry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Trend Toward Jews Voting Republican<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>He\u200c and Mr. Markstein said they see signs that Jews are turning toward conservatives, realizing that it&#8217;s in their\u200d best interest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Since 1968, 71 percent of Jews have voted for \u2063Democrats\u2063 in presidential \u200craces, with\u2062 only 26 percent voting for Republicans, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jewish-voting-record-in-u-s-presidential-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Jewish Virtual Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2020, 68 percent of\u200d the Jewish vote went to the Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden. Only 30 percent of U.S. Jews voted for the then-incumbent\u200c Republican \u200dpresident, Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Still, President Trump\u2019s share of the Jewish vote was 6 percent more \u2063than he received in 2016. His 2020 total was\u2064 also nearly triple the \u2062percentage of Jews who\u2064 voted\u200d for Republican George H.W. Bush\u200d in\u200d 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Markstein said President Trump&#8217;s pro-Israel actions impressed many American Jews. The 45th president relocated the U.S. Embassy\u2063 to Jerusalem. He\u200c also negotiated the Abraham Accords, \u2064considered an important \u2063step \u2063toward fostering peace between\u2062 Israel and\u200b its Middle East neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attracted 45 percent of\u200c his \u2062state&#8217;s Jewish vote\u200d when he won \u2063reelection to the governor&#8217;s post, Mr. Markstein pointed \u2063out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[So among Jewish voters,] the trend lines are very significantly moving toward the Republican Party,&#8221; Mr. Markstein said. &#8220;And \u200dwe fully anticipate here at RJC that those numbers\u2063 will continue to improve for the GOP and next year \u2062and into \u2062the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At \u200dthe summit, President Trump, Mr. DeSantis, and six other Republican presidential\u200b candidates will each be allotted about 25 minutes to speak on Oct. 28. The other candidates are\u2064 North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New \u200bJersey Gov. Chris Christie, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and Ohio entrepreneur\u2063 Vivek Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n<p>Other featured speakers at the summit\u200c include Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, Sen. Lindsey\u200b Graham (R-S.C.), Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), Rep. Jason\u2064 Smith (R-Mo.), Rep.\u200b David\u200b Kustoff (R-Tenn.), Rep.\u200d Mike Turner (R-Ohio), Rep. Max\u2064 Miller (R-Ohio), and Fox News commentator Mark Levin.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What percentage\u2064 of Jews surveyed said they would vote for a Republican\u200c candidate in the upcoming elections?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Al-elections&#8221;\u2064 target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;>the Jewish Virtual\u2062 Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>However, \u2062that trend may be shifting. \u2063A \u2064survey \u200dconducted in August \u200bby\u2064 the Jewish \u2064Electorate Institute found that 29 percent of Jews\u2062 surveyed said\u2064 they would vote for a Republican candidate\u200d if the election were\u200d held \u2063today. This is a significant increase from previous years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>\u2063&#8221;People look at the Democratic Party, and they see something that doesn&#8217;t relate \u2062to their values,&#8221; Mr. Markstein said. &#8220;They see something\u2064 that is anti-Israel,\u2064 that is anti-religion, that is anti-small business, \u2062and \u200dquite\u2062 frankly, \u200dthat is\u2062 anti-American.&#8221;><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>He mentioned\u2064 the rise\u200c of \u200bthe far-left progressive &#8220;Squad&#8221; within \u200dthe Democratic Party, which includes Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan\u200c Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley. \u2063These members have\u200b been \u2063vocal in their criticism of Israel and have supported the Boycott, \u200bDivestment, and Sanctions (BDS) \u200dmovement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>\u2063&#8221;It&#8217;s\u200b really opened people&#8217;s\u2063 eyes,&#8221;\u2064 Mr.\u2063 Markstein said. &#8220;It&#8217;s been very easy for American Jews to\u200d be Democrats because of the history of the Democratic Party and the strong support \u2064for Israel. But now\u2062 it&#8217;s different.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;And that\u200b is scaring \u2064a lot of people,&#8221; he\u2063 added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Both Mr. Markstein and Mr. Levine said that one of\u200c the goals\u200c of the \u200dconference is to reach\u200b out to Jews who \u2062may be considering a shift in their political affiliation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>\u2063&#8221;We want them to know\u200b that they have\u200b a home in the Republican Party, that there&#8217;s a \u2063place \u2064for them,&#8221; Mr. Levine said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Republican Support for \u200bIsrael<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The summit will \u200dalso serve as a platform for Republican politicians to reaffirm their support\u2064 for Israel, a key ally in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Since\u2063 the \u2064establishment of\u200c the state of Israel\u200d in\u2063 1948, the United \u2062States<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>of the national Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) leadership summit holds immense importance amidst the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. With the recent eruption of war, the event has gained increased significance and weight, making it a crucial gathering for GOP politicians. 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