Yesterday, the Emergency Committee for Israel launched a half-hour movie on YouTube which documents the Obama administration's antagonism towards Israel.

The release of the video was apparently timed to upstage the president's address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual policy conference in Washington, DC.

The Israel issue promises to be an important one in the 2012 election in key swing states like Pennsylvania and Florida, where Jewish voters, though a minority, could affect the outcome of a closely divided contest.

Last September, Republican Bob Turner won a special election in deeply Democratic territory in a New York City congressional district, largely because his campaign targeted Obama's policies towards Israel.