Support for Israel appears strong from the Republican Presidential Candidates
Some of the GOP presidential candidates visited with the Republican Jewish Coalition. The following are just a few of the quotes pulled from that forum:
First, former Mayor Giuliani:
“We would like to have peace,” Giuliani said. “We don’t want to have a peace in which Americans and Israelis are getting killed. And we certainly don’t want to create another terrorist-supporting state. We have too many of them already.”
From Mitt Romney:
Noting that Gaza became a launching ground for attacks after Israel withdrew in 2005, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said, “A thousand-plus rockets being launched from the Gaza strip shows the best intentions can result in something far less.”
Fred Thompson:
Thompson said, “The enemy that we face is a common one with Israel.”
Included in the article are also a few humorous quips delivered by the candidates in answer to questions posed at the meeeting.
The support for Israel expressed to the Coalition is one which I would hope will continue should any of these men be elected POTUS.
Written by Sue
~J~ Says:
October 16th, 2007 at 11:51 pmVisit ~J~
We must be certain that whoever we elect as President is a strong supporter of Israel and does away with this two-state policy. Israel is small enough. The Palestinians had their chance in 1948 to join Israel and be full citizens. Most of them chose to flee.
Now they want “right of return” to what they call their ancestral homeland. The same hand that carved out modern Israel’s borders also carved out borders for Jordan and several other Mid-Eastern countries that didn’t exist before and were home to Palestinians.
Let Jordan and the others provide them with land for their own state. Leave Israel to its small acreage.