• Mike Huckabee has mentioned that he's visited Israel nine times. He says that there is one
true ally in the Middle East - and that's Israel, a tiny but vulnerable nation.

• It is understood that Mike Huckabee's idea for frequently visiting Israel was more because
religious beliefs than issues of the US national security.

• Mike Huckabee's aides mentioned once that he did not lead government delegations but church
groups when he visited Israel and his itineraries were more tailored to visits to religious sites.

• Huckabee's stand on foreign policy is twofold; get tough on terrorists and stand strong
with Israel. 

• During the 2008 campaign Huckabee stated, "as president, I will always ensure that Israel
has access to the state-of-the-art weapons and technology she needs to defend herself from those who
seek her annihilation."

• Huckabee maintains that his foreign trips to Israel were for better presidential
preparation and said, "if you make a trip overseas, you have a better perspective of the world."  

• When he talks about his faith he places it in a social justice and economic populism
context rather than a foreign policy.

• He is for putting an end to hostility towards the Israeli people and giving them space to
move around thus providing them with a permanent peace setup rather than temporary peace followed by
a long-term disaster.

• Huckabee feels there could be a two-state solution only when there is guarantee of
concessions and security from the nations that surround Israel.

• Sarah Palin is extremely pro-Israeli in many ways. This has been proven by her strong stand
on the security of Israel and its importance to the United States of America. 
	
• Palin is reported to have signed a resolution honoring Israel on its 60th birthday.
	
• Palin has always been conscious of the Jewish community in Alaska and intends to look at
this community globally for future plans.
	
• Palin has interests and ties with the Holy Land and is a very effective personality in this
issue across party lines.  
	
• Palin received support and praise from Chabad Rabbi Yosef Greenberg for lending support for
the building of a Jewish museum showing that she is a religious person who believes that God works
his will in everything.

• In Mitt Romney's opinion amidst the many critical challenges that America faces today, the
threat of violent and radical Jihad and the threat of nuclear proliferation stand at the top.

• Romney cites the former President Jimmy Carter's view with regard to bringing peace to the
Holy Land and thinks the opposite.  According to him, it is only helping to prevent terror and
bloodshed and violence.

• Romney quotes. "State taxpayers should not be providing special treatment to an individual
who supports violent jihad and the destruction of Israel." 

• Romney fears that radical Islam has one goal; to replace all Islamic states in the world
under one caliphate and convert the non-believers of Islam forcibly, if necessary, to Islam. He says
that this plan is more irrational than the Nazi Germany policies of the 1930s and Stalin?s Cold War
or the 1940s. 

• Mitt Romney has committed that he would defeat the jihadists all around the world.  Most of
his speeches however focus on restricting Iran rather than making decisions to resolve the tension
between Israel and Palestine.

• Romney requested the Arab states to stop providing weapons and financial support to
Hezbollah and Hamas and instead to put pressure on the Palestinians to "drop terrorism and recognize
Israel's right to exist."

• Mitt Romney strongly supports the security wall that divides Israel from the West Bank.

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