Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio said his first trip abroad if elected would be to Israel. At a town hall meeting in Florida on Monday, Rubio was asked what his first foreign trip as president would be, Jewish Insider reported. “Israel,” the Florida senator said to loud applause. Fellow Republican candidate Jeb Bush refused to…
(JTA) — Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has made seemingly contradictory statements about the seriousness of reported U.S. spying on Israel. Democrats have been eager to point out the apparent discrepancy. In the aftermath of the Wall Street Journal revelation last month that the National Security Agency eavesdropped on Israeli officials, including Prime…
Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio drew loud cheers at a pro-Israel rally in Miami. Local media said several hundred people attended the “Never Again” rally on Sunday at the Holocaust memorial in Miami Beach marking the 77th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the state-sponsored attacks on Jewish communities in Germany and Austria that presaged the Holocaust. Bill…
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson visited Israel on a tour organized by a for-profit company that has since ceased most of its activity. Ted Cruz took the trip on the dime of a hawkish advocacy group with neoconservative ties. Rand Paul had an anti-gay Christian group pay his way to Jerusalem. And Carly Fiorina, a…
One of the wealthiest and most influential Jewish Republican donors is throwing his support behind the presidential campaign of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, the New York Times reported on Friday. Billionaire New York investor Paul Singer sent a letter to dozens of other donors on Friday declaring his support for Rubio in a…
(JTA) — After Marco Rubio’s strong performance in Wednesday night’s Republican primary debate, many Americans are taking a second look at the U.S. senator from Florida. Here are a few things American Jews might want to know about him. Rubio had humble beginnings — and rose quickly The junior senator was born in Miami in…
Right-wing casino mogul Sheldon Adelson is leaning toward backing Marco Rubio for the Republican presidential nomination, sources close to Adelson told Politico. Rubio and Adelson recently met in the latter’s offices at the Venetian Las Vegas, one of Adelson’s casinos, where the aging magnate, known for his ultra-hawkish views on Israel, heaped praise on the…
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a candidate for the Republican nomination for president, said he would not pursue a two-state solution for the Israel-Palestinian conflict. “I don’t think the conditions exist for that today,” Rubio said Wednesday during a question-and-answer session hosted by PBS’s Charlie Rose at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York….
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