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Exit poll: 80,000 Americans in Israel voted, 85% for Romney, 14% for Obama

According to an iVoteIsrael exit poll, half of the 160,000 eligible U.S. voters living in Israel voted absentee, of which an overwhelming majority selected Republican candidate Mitt Romney. That reportedly includes 7,500 registered in the swing state of Florida. iVoteIsrael – the campaign that has worked hard to get American citizens living in Israel to vote absentee…

By Mairav Zonszein November 1, 2012

Absentee voters (Columbia City Blog CC BY NC SA 2.0)

‘Non-partisan’ campaign urging Americans in Israel to vote linked to the right

Last week, I published an in-depth report in the Daily Beast exposing the pro-Republican partisanship of a non-profit initiative urging American citizens in Israel to vote in the upcoming U.S. elections. The “iVoteIsrael” campaign – which I have been following and reporting on here since June – persistently maintains it is a get-out-the-vote drive with no bent…

By Mairav Zonszein October 18, 2012

WATCH: Does ‘iVoteIsrael’ campaign endorse Israeli assassination of Ahmadinejad?

The campaign to get Americans in Israel to vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential elections, on which I have reported extensively, has recently released a new video. While the last video they put out incited against Arab Americans, this one essentially endorses an Israeli strike on Iran, the targeted assassination of Iranian President Ahmadinejad and implies that…

By Mairav Zonszein September 9, 2012

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Ad urging Americans in Israel to vote: ‘Want a Palestinian state?’

Last week I posted an article about a new campaign launched to get American citizens in Israel to vote in the upcoming 2012 presidential election. While the “iVoteIsrael” campaign claims to be non-partisan, its rhetoric and indication by its campaign manager that its donors are Sheldon Adelson types made me suspicious of a certain slant. Then…

By Mairav Zonszein June 17, 2012