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In what has become almost a rite of passage for aspiring American politicians, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is heading to Israel, where next week she will meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and visit historic sites.
Palin, perhaps the most closely watched of all potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates, is scheduled to arrive in Israel Sunday after making a weekend speech to business leaders and politicians in New Delhi, India, the Jerusalem Post and Politico reported Thursday.
She plans to meet Monday with the conservative Netanyahu, and separately with Danny Danon, a pro-settler member of the Knesset. Palin is also expected to tour the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and visit Nazareth, the childhood home of Jesus.
As with many politicians in both U.S. parties, strong and unwavering support for Israel is nearly an article of faith for Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee. She has criticized the Obama administration for not being strong enough in backing the Jewish state in disputes with the Arab world and Iran.
Yet she also offended some Jews when she used the loaded term "blood libel" to complain about U.S. commentators who put part of the blame for the deadly shootings in Arizona on harsh right-wing rhetoric. Palin was faulted for posting a map showing vulnerable Democratic districts in cross-hairs.
Palin's trek to Israel follows recent visits by other Republicans with presidential ambitions, including Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Haley Barbour and Rudy Giuliani.
Seems like Govenor Palin is a favorite of this site. Maybe what the other polticians are doing aren't newsworthy.
March 22 2011 at 7:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI agree that if the Republican party runs Sarah Palin for President, it will surly lose the election and we will have the same regime we have had for the past four years. How does that help this nation?
March 22 2011 at 10:17 AM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down ReplyAnd what would the right say about any democrat running for office who attended three different colleges, had a child that got pregnant out of wedlock, and quit their term in office?
March 19 2011 at 1:23 AM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down ReplyIt wouldn't be the first time a republican went to another country and underminded US policy. At least she's going to a country that speaks english, because I feel sorry for any interpretor that would have to try to decifer what she tries to say.
March 19 2011 at 1:21 AM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down ReplyRemember the days when bashing a US President on foreign soil was patriotic heresy?
March 18 2011 at 2:26 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down ReplyI think her vist to Israel is fine so long as she doesn't echo anything associated with Federal Government policy and foreign affairs policy issues. The folks who issued her passport should have explained to her (and those traveling with her), that she's nothing more than a private US citizen, and not a Federal Government employee. Those issues are best left alone to the powers to be. That is, the Obama Administration.
March 17 2011 at 11:27 PM Report abuse Permalink +4 rate up rate down ReplyIt's part of the fascination of Sara Palin. No one can come close to reading her mind. I think that she has no intention of running for high office again. She doesn't need to. She's making a mint and having more fun in one day than most of us have in a lifetime. But a question does arise. Is it possible that she has deluded herself into believing that she could in truth become president of the USA? Or, that the GOP, or any party might actually nominate her to make the race? So, in keeping with my position as General Manager of The Universe, Sara Palin is the only "Republican" on the horizon that I just cannot figure out.
March 17 2011 at 10:49 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down ReplyWe gotta hand it to her. Sarah Palin has set some kind of political celebrity record for being famous for being famous. This mostly happens in show business. Well, actually Sarah is the epitomy of show business; she just applies it to a political venue. Fascinating; no one can quite explain her. And she's certainly not going to voluntarily go away any time soon. And that is a major problem for the GOP; one of many actually. There's Hannity, Limbaugh, Beck, the Tea Party, the list goes on. "Who needs enemies?" the GOP has to be saying.
March 17 2011 at 10:38 PM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down ReplyBeing Jewish and a liberal Democrat, I see no reason for the Prime Minister of Israel to meet with Palin. She speaks in tongues, and doesn't have any idea of what the Jewish faith means. Let her go to "The Wailing Wall" Let her try to understand why so many Jews have a greater faith than any Christian because of the horrible struggles our people have gone through for many generations. Palin can go to Jeruseleum. It suits her....
March 17 2011 at 10:32 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down ReplyGOING TO ISRAEL DOES NOT IMPLY ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH FAITH. ITS NOT A RELIGIOUS POPULARITY CONTEST. THE PROBLEM FOR PALIN IS THAT ONCE SHE'S THERE AND SEES WHAT ITS LIKE TO LIVE "UNDER THE GUN".....SHE WON'T HAVE A CLUE TO WHAT THAT MEANS.
March 17 2011 at 11:18 PM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down ReplyYou were doing okay Sheila right up until you got to the point that Jews have a greater faith than any Christian, because you're absolutely wrong. Not to make light of the Jewish struggle, but many ethnic groups have gone thru struggles, and some more than others would care to remember. I believe Sarah Palin should be going to Israel as a private US citizen, and nothing more. She can't possibly be going in any other capacity because that's what she is - a private US citizen, nothing more. She isn't representing anyone but herself, and I would certainly hope the Israeli Prime Minister recognizes that too.
March 17 2011 at 11:34 PM Report abuse Permalink +4 rate up rate down ReplyI would pay hard cash to hear what Netanyahu's saying about this behind closed doors.
March 17 2011 at 8:55 PM Report abuse Permalink +7 rate up rate down ReplyThey are making jokes about weather or not she can see Alaska from Israel
March 19 2011 at 12:52 AM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down ReplyFollow Politics Daily
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