Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has found himself in hot water – broiled by the Wall Street Journal editorial page – for voicing indifference over whether Syria’s President Assad comes or goes. If anything, it’s a rhetorical inversion of the frequent argument, especially among conservatives, that Israel has no viable negotiating partner on the Palestinian side and that it shouldn’t be pressured to agree to a peace deal that would compromise its security concerns.
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But this situation comes at a pivotal moment in the race, as both Rubio and Cruz are jockeying for a position as the establishment candidate, a responsible choice compared to self-financed outsider Donald Trump, the current GOP front runner. “It’s a question of saving our country”.
When asked whether his goal in peace talks would be a two-state solution, he said, “Well, I’m not going to even say that”. “We all have tough deals, right?” he said, also describing the AP story as “very fair”. “There is no other possible outcome”.
Trump spoke about the infamous million gas station in Afghanistan, asking the crowd, “How many of you think you could have done it for less?” “This room negotiates them – perhaps more than any other room I’ve ever spoken in”. “And I know why you’re not going to support me, it’s because I don’t want your money”.
“A lot will have to do with Israel and whether or not Israel wants to make the deal – whether or not Israel’s willing to sacrifice certain things”, Trump said.
One was Trump’s refusal to say that Jerusalem should be recognized as the undivided capital of Israel. “And this is a fight about our existence”.
“(Carson) missed a big opportunity”, said RJC board member Ari Fleischer.
I will make clear that the pathway to peace requires an end to violence and the recognition of Israel as a Jewish state.
In an interview with the Associated Press published earlier Thursday, Mr. Trump said there was a “real question” as to whether or not both sides want to make a deal.
“Stupidly, you want to give me money…you’re not going to support me because I don’t want your money”. On Wednesday night in Virginia, Trump portrayed Rubio as inexperienced and absent from his job.
He said the elderly patriarch was not watching “CSI” anymore.
Obama has had a rocky relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Republican critics accuse him of not doing enough to support the Jewish state and of making too may concessions to Iran in the recently concluded nuclear accord. If you vote for me, we will repeal every word of Obamacare. “The next President has many jobs, not including meteorologist-in-chief”, he said. But he said implied he believed it to be terrorism-related. “Discriminatory laws that apply only to Jews are now being written into European law for the first time in more than half a century”, Mr. Rubio said.
“Let’s take a step back and realize what this means”.
Bush vowed “on day one” of his presidency to extend “U.S. security assistance over the long haul” and to “move the United States embassy to Jerusalem”.
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“All of us are deeply concerned that this is yet another manifestation of terrorism, radical Islamic terrorism, here at home”, Cruz said.
