Ron Paul excluded from Republican Jewish Coalition forum

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Forum for Republican candidates bars Ron Paul, currently polling second in Iowa, for his 'extreme' views on Israel
The Republican Jewish Coalition has barred Ron Paul, one of the party's leading presidential contenders, from its forum for the candidates on Wednesday because of his "misguided and extreme views" on Israel.

Paul, who consistently ranks among the favourites in polls of Republican primary voters despite strong libertarian views that have alienated many in his own party, has rankled Israel's supporters by advocating an end to US aid to the Jewish state. He is also strongly opposed to military action against Iran's nuclear programme and has drawn attention to Israel's own atomic weapons which it does not officially acknowledge.

The RJC director, Matt Brooks, said Paul was excluded for those and other views.

"He's just so far outside of the mainstream of the Republican party and this organisation," he told CBS.

Earlier this year, Paul wrote to congressional colleagues urging them to cut billions of dollars of aid to Israel, Egypt, Pakistan and Jordan. He said that the US "borrowing money from China – or printing it out of thin air – to hand out overseas in attempt to purchase friends has been a failing foreign policy".

At a Republican candidates debate last month, Paul said the US should not back Israel if it attacks Iran's nuclear sites.

"We don't even have a treaty with Israel. Why do we have this automatic commitment that we're going to send our kids and send our money endlessly to Israel? So I think they're quite capable of taking care of themselves," he said.
Ron Paul excluded from Republican Jewish Coalition forum | World news | guardian.co.uk
 

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