First Appointment

I applaud Obama's choice of Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff. Emanuel's father was a member of the Irgun, and Rahm himself attended Anshe Emet Jewish School in Chicago as a child, and currently attends an orthodox shul. He served as a senior advisor to clinton, and though he was horribly mistaken in striking accords with the snake Arafat (which disintegrated into Intifada II and thousands of dead israelis and palestinians), there can be no doubt that Emanuel has a vested interest in Israel's success. I have heard many times that Obama's election will mean death to israel (presumably from Iran). Obama's appointment of a Jewish congressman with experience in modern Israeli-American foreign relations, as well as a father who was a member of the praised Irgun, who himself was named after a Lehi figher named Rahamim , speaks well of Obama's intentions for his relations with Israel. 

sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm_Emmanuel and http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/31/prominent-jewish-congressman-floated-obama-chief-staff/