Most Americans are neutral on Israel so Trump should fit right in with them. <\/p>\n
Strangely enough, Americans seem to like a presidential candidate who puts American interests first, just as Bibi Netanyahu puts Israel’s interests first. <\/p>\n
Jewish Journal<\/a>: Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz pounded Donald Trump for suggesting that he would take a \u2018neutral\u2019 approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Most Americans are neutral on Israel so Trump should fit right in with them. Strangely enough, Americans seem to like a presidential candidate who puts American interests first, just as Bibi Netanyahu puts Israel’s interests first. Jewish Journal: Republican presidential … Continue reading
\nDuring a televised MSNBC town hall Wednesday night in Charleston, S.C., the Republican presidential front-runner said he would be \u201csort of a neutral guy\u201d on Israel. \u201cYou understand a lot of people have gone down in flames trying to make that deal. So I don\u2019t want to say whose fault it is \u2013 I don\u2019t think that helps,\u201d he explained. \u201cIf I do win, there has to be a certain amount of surprise, unpredictability, our country has no unpredictability. If I win, I don\u2019t want to be in a position where the other side now says, \u2018We don\u2019t want Trump involved.\u2019\u201d
\nDuring a town hall meeting in South Carolina on Thursday, Bush called Trump \u201cna\u00efve and wrong.\u201d
\n\u201cWe have to have Israel\u2019s back. I\u2019ve made this commitment from day one that I would move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem because I think we have to send a signal to the world that we have Israel\u2019s back, not just because of the important security relationship we have with Israel but also because the rest of the world wonders if we are serious,\u201d Bush said. \u201cFor security purposes, for consistency purposes, we can\u2019t say we are going to be a neutral party. It just won\u2019t work.\u201c
\nTed Cruz also criticized Trump while speaking to a crowd of voters in Myrtle Beach on Friday, \u201cIf I\u2019m President I have no intention of being neutral,\u201d said Cruz. \u201cWhen it comes to murderers and the citizens, I am not neutral.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"