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Israel Counter up to 42 in GOP Debates+NH Forum compared to one mention in the two on the Democrat side (Debate+SC Forum). Overall Israel was mentioned four times, one each, by four candidates during the CNN Debate.

GOP Events Times
Huckabee 5 5
Cruz 6 5
Rubio 6 4
Fiorina 6 4
Pataki 5 4
Paul 6 3
Bush 6 2
Kasich 6 2
Christie 6 2
Graham 5 2
Trump 5 2
Santorum 6 1
Carson 6 0
Gilmore 1 0
Jindal 5 4 out
Walker 3 2 out
Perry 2 0 out

Dem Events Times
Clinton 3 0
O’Malley 3 0
Sanders 3 0
Webb 1 1 out
Chafee 1 0 out

Israel Counter up to 38 in GOP Debates/Forums compared to one mention in the two on the Democrat side (Debate+Forum). Overall Israel was mentioned six times by four candidates during the Fox Business Debate.

A few quotes:

Rubio – “We have a president who treats the prime minister of Israel with less respect than the Ayatollah.”

Trump – “Walls work – ask Israel”

Kasich – “U,S, has no better ally in the world than Israel”

Cruz – “Under Clinton’s leadership we abandoned our ally Israel”

Israel Counter up to 32 in GOP Debates/Forums compared to 1 mention in the single Democrat Debate.

Pataki was only candidate to discuss Israel in event #4, mentioning their federal agency cyber security program. It was expected that a debate focused on the economy and hosted by CNBC would not be Israel oriented. Trump spoke out against the Iran deal again. Graham, as usual, also focused a lot on foreign policy.

After three events Israel-counter up to 31 as Fiorina and Cruz tie Jindal for lead of the Israel-counter with four.

Top-11 Debate

Bush: He mentioned Israel twice. He talked about reestablishing US relationship with Israel and that US needs to send message they have Israel’s back.

Fiorina: She gave her friend Netanyahu phone call line for the third event in a row. She said she will stand with the state of Israel and stand with US allies against Iran.

Cruz: He talked about the threat of Iran and pledged the first day of office he would rip up deal. He attacked Iran for calling Israel the little Satan and US the big Satan in middle of negotiations and asked Obama where the side deal is. Once again said he’d move Israel embassy to Jerusalem.

Huckabee: He talked about destroying the agreement and said this is a fight for the survival of western civilization. He discussed how the deal threatens Israel immediately and recalled how Iran kidnapped and killed Americans. Also mentioned Israel in closing remarks.

Kasich: He said it’s a bad agreement but wouldn’t repeal it. He said that if Iran threatens Israel the US needs to hold Iran responsible. He closed by quoting a verse that struck him at a Holocaust memorial ‘If you saved one life you have saved the world’.

Rubio: He talked about the horrible deal with Iran. He slammed Obama for having more respect for Ayatollah of Iran than the Prime Minister of Israel.

Walker: He talked about terminating the bad deal but did not mention Israel.

Paul: He said it’s a bad agreement but that he wouldn’t repeal it. He didn’t mention Israel. He talked about arming Kurds and attacked Saudi Arabia for not accepting Syrian refugees.

Christie: I won’t sign a deal with someone who chants death to Israel, death to America.

The two front-runners Trump and Carson did not really touch so much on Iran or mention Israel once.

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Israel-counter up to 21 as Jindal still leads the Israel counter with four.

Second-Tier Debate notes:

Pataki: Pataki said he would reject the Iran deal on day 1. He said he would give Israelis MOP bombs to help them with Iran. He mentioned Israel twice.

Graham:  He talked about the nightmare to Israel if Iran gets the bomb. He said he would get a better deal with Iran and that he’d bomb Iran if he had to. He also labeled Assad as a puppet of Iran.

Santorum: He talked about Iran as a radical Islamic state and that on day 1 he would demand they open up all facilities or that the US will bomb them.

Jindal: Spoke out against Iran Deal and asked Congress Republicans to use ‘the nuke option’ to prevent it from being passed. Jindal remains in lead despite not mentioning Israel in this debate.

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