Posted on 03/14/2016 11:54:29 AM PDT by SJackson
JNS.org – The World Jewish Congress and the Israel Council on Foreign Relations hosted former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani in Jerusalem on Sunday. Giuliani praised Israel’s resilience during the 1990s surge of Palestinian terror attacks on buses in a speech to an audience that included Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, Israeli Minister for Social Equality Gila Gamliel, and the director-general of the Prime Minister’s Office, Eli Groner.
Israeli resilience helped him lift the moral of New Yorkers following the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, Giuliani said. “I came to Israel thinking I would lift morale, but I came back uplifted,” he said.
Giuliani, who is the new global chairman of the cybersecurity and crisis management practice at the Greenberg Traurig law firm, said that America “should be 100 percent behind” Israel because “you because you are fighting our battle on the front lines against Islamic terrorism.”
“It is almost unpatriotic not to love Israel,” Giuliani said.
“I love the World Jewish Congress because you represent the Jewish people in a way that shows the history and the tenacity of the Jewish people,” he said.
Giuliani is “a man of courage, conviction, and truth,” Groner said.
Separately, in an interview with Israel Hayom, Giuliani commented on Republican presidential primary front-runner Donald Trump, telling the newspaper that he is a “friend” and informal adviser for the candidate.
“Sometimes he listens to me and sometimes he doesn’t, but he always takes my words into account,” Giuliani said, agreeing with Trump’s position that “Americans are disappointed, angry, and very depressed.”
“The economic recovery has been anemic…I think Americans do not like to see our country being dragged along,” said Giuliani. “We did not take a strong position to help [ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak] and we toppled [the late Libyan leader Muammar] Gaddafi. What do we have now in Libya? A haven for terrorists. We lost four Americans, including our ambassador, and we still don’t know where the president and Hillary Clinton were when that happened. America is used to being the leading country in the world. We are proud of that because we think we’re a good country and we think we offer better solutions than do Iran, Russia, or China. If we don’t do that, they move in. [During Obama’s time in office] we’ve weakened our country and our economy. We want someone completely different.”
Rudy will find a place with Trump.
Homeland Security? I’m guessing someone else will get Justice. Hope Newt can be persuaded to head State. Regardless of who the candidate is.
Glad to hear he's not neutral, like his friend.
Trump trying to have it both ways.
“sort of a neutral guy,”
“It doesn't help if I start saying, ‘I am very pro-Israel, very pro, more than anybody on this stage,” he declared. Nevertheless, he went on to insist, “With that being said, I am totally pro-Israel.”
IMHO, Marco wants to have it both ways...
That's what his Fraternity brothers said. hehe
Are acts of love part of the foam parties? Rubio will be schlonged tomorrow.
you mean the “neutral” friend DT
Trump is dangerous for Israel. Like Kerry who had dreams of Nobel tied to peace deal, DT has repeatedly said it would be the “negotiation” of his lifetime.
Last thing Israel needs is being pushed to the peace table especially to satisfy DT’s megalomania
You people just love to make a final decision on what Trump said...instead of gathering facts and coming up with what he really said.
“you people” which peeps are those?
I heard exactly what DT said more than once. I heard him embellish on it in debate how he would “love to do that deal”
Moron. He thinks it’s a RE deal.
He is an utter fraud, con, liar, & probably broke.
NO DEAL!!
exactly
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