With the US presidential election less than two years away, there is much speculation over which Republicans will jockey for their party’s nomination and the opportunity to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012. Since January, three prospective candidates, eager to bolster their foreign policy credentials, have made trips to Israel. (Obama, too, came to Israel during his 2008 campaign, and he may return in the near future with an eye to 2012.) What follows is a brief look at some of the possible GOP contenders and their positions on US-Israel relations.
