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ck. I have one question and one observation about Mitt Romney's visit to Israel. The question is this: Since the

s all about money anyway - how much Romney would abase himself by saying whatever the Israeli right wanted to hear and how big a jackpot of donations Adelson would shower on the Romney campaign in return. Really, Vegas would have been so much more appropriate than Jerusalem. They could have constructed a p

July 31, 2012 418 Comments FACEBOOK TWITTER • GOOGLE+ E-MAIL SHARE PRINT REPRINTS I'll make this quick. I have one question and one observation about Mitt Romney's visit to Israel. The question is this: Since the whole trip was not about learning anything but about how to satisfy the political whims of the right

merican Jewish casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, why didn't they just do the whole thing in Las Vegas? I mean, it was all about money anyway - how much Romney would abase himself by saying whatever the Israeli right wanted to hear and how big a jackpot of donations Adelson would shower on the Romney campaig

antitrust authority approved his purchase of two more news outlets, the Jewish American billionaire upped his ante in the country's media market. Adelson already owns one of the four mainstream newspapers here, a free ily tabloid called Israel Hayom (Israel Today). He started that newspaper in 2007 a

has played a big role in GOP politics and is vocal about his support for Israel. In 2012, he spent millions backing the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney, not only in a bid to beat President Obama but also to ensure strengthened support for Israel in domestic U.S. politics. And, more recently, New Je

lions backing the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney, not only in a bid to beat President Obama but a

economic policies that would certainly be better for those Americans now looking for work. The Democratic Party just isn't what it used to be. Mr. Adelson is an entrepreneur and philanthropist. Anicic 3. The Wall Street Journal EFTA00700296 Israel Under Fire Editorial November 4, 2012 -- As the U

his approach could become even more hard-line. Whatever chance exists of a new American peace initiative after the election is likely to vanish if Mitt Romney wins; at a private fund-raising EFTA00700293 event, he said the Arab-Israeli conflict was "going to remain an unsolved problem" and seemed unconc

not want Republican challenger Mitt Romney to be elected, while opening door for a dialogue with the possible Republican administration: That Mr. Romney considers us enemy number one and apparently has bad feelings about Russia is a minus, but, considering that he expresses himself bluntly, openly a

lion to defeat Obama and put in office a president he expects to be much friendlier to Israel, one of his lifelong concerns. The main source of the Adelson billions has become Macau, a city on the EFTA00711960 southern coast near Hong Kong that is the only Chinese territory where its wealthy citizens

planation: the disarray in his own party over national security. Today's Republicans are as divided on foreign policy as they've ever been, and Mr. Romney is finding it hard to bridge the divisions. No wonder he zoomed past foreign policy in some 3 minutes of a 39-minute speech. Centrists and neoconse

help the Syrian opposition, control which elements of it get foreign military aid, and isolate the murderous regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Mitt Romney hopes to persuade Americans not only that he can fix the economy but also that he can lead at a time of great uncertainty abroad. To do so, he need

jet owned by Sheldon Adelson, reputed to be the richest Jew in history and among the handful of wealthiest Americans. The son of a Boston cab driver, Adelson has accumulated billions of dollars by building and running casinos in Las Vegas, Micow and Singapore. His jet, ' Yiddish corruption of the Hebrew f

; religious anti-gay activists for going too far. Shortly after my column appeared, I received a phone call from the then Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, who told me that he found my idea interesting and asked me to draft legislation that he might consider proposing in order to break the deadlock. I d

all from the then Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, who told me that he found my idea interesting an

Adelson, titan of Las Vegas, big-check right-wing contributor, and, in the president’s mind, quite the toughest tough-guy Jew (that is, the richest). Adelson regularly disparaged Kushner’s motives and abilities. The president, to Bannon’s great satisfaction, kept telling his son-in-law, as he strategized o

d been halted by Ryan’s election as Speaker. Mitt Romney’s running mate, and a figure who had merged a con

ce, and which, plausibly, was set to remake the House into the center of the new radical Republicanism had been halted by Ryan’s election as Speaker. Mitt Romney’s running mate, and a figure who had merged a conservative fiscal wonkishness—he had been the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and, as we