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• 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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• Barack Obama states that the only way for Israel to achieve
peace with their neighbors is to "begin with a clear and strong
commitment to the security of Israel".
• Obama criticized those who denied the Holocaust, yet he
supports talks with the Iranian President Ahmadinejad, who also
denies the holocaust and eventually promises that a new one would
come.
• Obama has praised past Israeli leaders for their kind
gestures of peace towards Palestinians but refused to recognize
their earlier attempts that led to violence and death of
Israelis.
• Barack Obama mentions that he is in support of resumption of
the aid to the Palestinian government with a condition that the
government 'renounces terrorism'.
• Obama opines thus, "Nobody is suffering more than the
Palestinian people." He has declared recently in his speech ?our
enemies are not just terrorists, it's not just Hezbollah, it's
not just Hamas, and it?s also cynicism."
• Obama contends that there is a need to preserve Israel as a
Jewish state though it has its politicians and its security as
well.
• With regard to the security of Israel Barack Obama stated,
"you will not see, under my presidency, any slackening in
commitment to Israel?s security."
• Obama stood strong with regard to Israel's right to defend
itself from the rocket attacks and raids of Hezbollah.
• He hates characterization and rejects the term apartheid in
any discussion with regard to Israel's progress.
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