The Emergency Committee for Israel, a combative conservative group, is set to release a sharp-edged new ad targeting older Jewish voters in Florida over the Obama administration’s lack of clarity over Jerusalem’s status as the capital of Israel.
The ad follows Mitt Romney’s trip to Israel where he participated in a “love-fest,” in the words of one prominent donor, with conservative Israeli leaders and American Jewish Republicans.
Opening with a scene in the White House press briefing room when officials refused to say if Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, the ad shows clips of Romney’s visit to the city this week. It closes with a photo of a yarmulke-wearing Romney in prayer at the Western Wall, with a narrator saying, “Next year, President Mitt Romney in Jerusalem — the capital of Israel.