Michele Bachmann: A donor's promised to pay to move Embassy to Jerusalem [View all]

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"In a pledge that raises so many questions — none of which we can answer here right now — Michele Bachmann just told the RJC crowd that she's secured a promise from a donor to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, per POLITICO's Juana Summers:

I also want you to know it will be on Inauguration Day under my administration that the United States will move our Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem," she said. "I already have secured from a donor who said they will personally pay for the ambassador's home to be moved from Tel Aviv to Jersualem."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70014.html#ixzz1fyH2PBxl


Gingrich’s vow on Israel might come back to bite him

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"Newt Gingrich might have checked with Joe Clark first.

The Republican presidential hopeful and – according to some polls – the current front-runner in the race to oust Barack Obama from the White House vows his first act in the Oval Office will be to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

“In a Gingrich administration, on the opening day, there will be an executive order about two hours after the inaugural address. We will send the Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, as of that day,” he said.

Mr. Clark, a former Canadian prime minister, made a similarly bold campaign promise in 1979 seeking support – as is Mr. Gingrich – from the relatively small but politically very active bloc of Jewish voters. Once in office and faced with the political realities, Mr. Clark quickly ditched the pledge and Canada’s embassy remains in Tel Aviv."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/worldview/gingrichs-vow-on-israel-might-come-back-to-bite-him/article2264285/



Romney says Obama has ‘chastened’ Israel; he would visit nation in first trip as president

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"Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a conservative Jewish audience Wednesday that his first foreign trip as president would be to Israel, contrasting his strong support for the Jewish state with President Obama’s policies, which he said had “chastened” the long-time Middle East ally."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/romney-says-obama-has-chastened-israel-he-would-visit-nation-in-first-trip-as-president/2011/12/07/gIQA8qWbcO_blog.html



Gingrich, Bachmann promise on Israeli embassy would be hard to keep

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"In remarks to the Republican Jewish Coalition, GOP presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Michelle Bachmann made nearly identical promises to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem if they are elected.

The two candidates were appealing Wednesday to a crowd that wanted to hear pledges of unwavering U.S. support for Israel, and in a climate where evangelical primary voters — among the strongest supporters of Israel — hold unusual sway. But the promises Gingrich and Bachmann made have a long history of not being kept."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fact-check-gingrich-bachmann-promise-on-israeli-embassy-would-be-hard-to-keep/2011/12/08/gIQAAjFYfO_story.html