Is Israel 'Swing State' That Could Tip U.S. Election?

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Is Israel 'Swing State' That Could Tip U.S. Election?
Tue Sep 14, 2004 08:08 AM ET
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=6230388
By Matt Spetalnick

DEIR DIBWAN, West Bank (Reuters) - In this hillside village known as the
"little America" of the West Bank, businessman Abu Mohammed voted for George
W. Bush in the last U.S. election but vows not to make the same mistake
twice.

On the other side of the Israeli-Palestinian divide, Jerusalem marketing
manager Stuart Schnee, a lifelong Jewish Democrat who has never crossed
party lines, plans to cast his ballot in November to keep Bush in the White
House.

With little in common but their U.S. passports, Israeli-Americans and
Palestinian-Americans living overseas could help tip the balance if the 2004
presidential election comes down to the wire as it did four years ago.


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Israel, sometimes referred to as the "51st state" for its embrace of all
things American, has become a key battleground.

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