Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch’s opposition to President Barack Obama’s Mideast policy prompted him to endorse Republican Bob Turner in the special election in New York’s 9th Congressional District this month.
But now Koch is reversing course regarding the president, The Jewish Daily Forward reports.
In an email to supporters on Monday, Koch praised Obama’s pro-Israel speech at the United Nations last week.
In addition, “The president should be praised for intervening with the Egyptian army to save the Israeli diplomatic personnel from physical assault and providing the Israeli military with bunker buster bombs, advanced military technology and providing military intelligence cooperation far exceeding his predecessors,” Koch wrote. “I’m now on board the Obama Reelection Express.”
Koch’s support for Turner received much of the credit for the Republican victory in claiming the seat of disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner in a traditionally Democratic district.
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