• 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.
		

• 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.