Created: 9/16/2008 10:28:53 AM 
Miami, FL -- An advocacy group is alleging that Jewish voters in Florida and at least one other state are being targeted by a telephone survey tying Barack Obama to Palestinian causes. The Jewish Council for Education in Research says at least two women in separate states were push-polled this weekend. That's when potential voters are asked questions intended to influence them while the caller pretends to take a poll. One of the women says she became uncomfortable when the caller asked if she's Jewish, whether she's Orthodox and how often she attends synagogue. The caller then asked if she would be influenced if she learned that Obama had donated money to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
The caller also asked how she would vote if she learned that someone on the Illinois senator's staff had close ties to Palestine. The 71-year old woman says she was furious. A woman in a Jewish neighborhood in Pittsburgh says she got a similar call, described as containing misinformation and outright lies.
Associated Press
