[London Times]Barack Obama faced fresh controversy Thursday over the anti-Israel views propagated by his former pastor even as he was being welcomed to New York by Michael Bloomberg, the city's Jewish Mayor, the London Times will report in a story hitting London newsstands March 28.
WRIGHT CHURCH NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED HAMAS ARTICLES
The disclosure of articles published by the Rev Jeremiah Wright's church newsletter threatened to overshadow his speech outlining his economic plans. The articles included a column by the Hamas leader, Mousa Abu Marzook, which asked: “Why should any Palestinian recognise the monstrous crimes carried out by Israel's founders and continued by its deformed modern apartheid state?”
ITALIANS REFERRED TO AS ‘GARLIC NOSES’
Mr Obama swiftly denounced the decision to reprint the article but faced further embarrassment over comments from Wright, quoted in another church magazine, which referred to Italians as “garlic noses”.
The presence alongside him of Bloomberg prompted speculation that he could yet help Mr Obama fix his growing problems at least with the Jewish vote, an important constituency and source of Democratic campaign donations. Some even suggested that the popular mayor could be a vice-presidential running-mate. However, Mayor Bloomberg has yet to endorse a Democratic candidate.
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