{"id":75820,"date":"2023-07-10T18:17:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T23:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=75820"},"modified":"2023-08-26T01:20:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T06:20:02","slug":"rond-desantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/rond-desantis\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"v2 ps2 s3 c23\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"v2 ps3 s4 c24\">\n<h4 class=\"p2 f2\"><strong>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Republican candidate for president, traveled to Israel this past April, having previously visited the country four other times. <\/strong><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_75821\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DeSantis_Bibi.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75821\" class=\"wp-image-75821 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DeSantis_Bibi-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DeSantis_Bibi-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DeSantis_Bibi.png 657w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/199;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75821\" class=\"wp-image-75821 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DeSantis_Bibi-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DeSantis_Bibi-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DeSantis_Bibi.png 657w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-75821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ron DeSantis and Benjamin Netanyahu photo in the public domain via Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"p2 f2\"><strong>He is a strong supporter of Israel, and in 2019 he tweeted that he \u201cpromised to be the most pro-Israel Governor in America.\u201d He refers to the West Bank as \u201cJudea and Samaria,\u201d in line with the Israeli right which rejects the idea that the West Bank is occupied territory. He has been a strong advocate against the BDS movement, and his support for school vouchers for private education has garnished great support among the Orthodox community. Regarding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, DeSantis said \u201cHe gave a great speech when I was in Congress&#8230;I told him after that speech I had so many constituents who said, \u2018Heck why don\u2019t we elect Netanyahu here?\u2019 So, if it doesn\u2019t work out for him, I think he probably could get elected in the United States if he wanted to.\u201d But DeSantis\u2019s support of the so-called \u201cDon&#8217;t Say Gay\u201d legislation and \u201cStop WOKE Act,\u201d as well as his support of book banning across the state, has put him at odds with the majority of Jewish voters in Florida. Following DeSantis\u2019s 2019 trip to Israel, why did he specifically say that he wants to go back to Israel?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"v2 ps9 s18 c28\">\n<p class=\"p3 f7\">A.<span class=\"f8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"f8\">In an interview with the food writer for the&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"f14\">Miami-Dade Jewish News<\/span><span class=\"f8\">, DeSantis learned that casino magnate and conservative Israel supporter Sheldon Adelson owned the Tel Aviv kosher restaurant West Side, considered one of the top restaurants in the country. \u201cI did not know that,\u201d said DeSantis. \u201cBut you can be sure that it\u2019s now on my list of places to go on my next trip to Israel. That&#8217;s a great incentive to go back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3 f9\">B.<span class=\"f8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"f8\">When DeSantis visited Israel in 2019, he was scheduled to visit the Church of the Nativity, located on the site in Bethlehem where purportedly Jesus was born. DeSantis, who was born Roman Catholic, had stated that \u201cseeing the place where our Lord entered the world will make my trip to the Holy Land particularly meaningful.\u201d However, because of a terrorist incident which took place near Bethlehem the day before DeSantis\u2019s visit, the trip to the church had to be canceled for security reasons, with DeSantis noting that \u201cThe Church has been there for 2000 years. It will remain, and with God\u2019s grace, I will surely be back again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3 f10\">C.<span class=\"f8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"f8\">Speaking to a private meeting of advisors and potential donors in early 2020, DeSantis said, \u201cI plan to run for president, but I know that it won\u2019t be easy to defeat Donald Trump if he runs again. But my record regarding Israel is far stronger and more consistent than his, including the fact that he advocated for a Palestinian state. I plan to go back to Israel early in the campaign where I\u2019ll lock down the Jewish vote with my full-on support for the Jewish state.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3 f11\">D.<span class=\"f12\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"f8\">During DeSantis\u2019s 2019 trip, he traveled with officials from the Walt Disney company, who were exploring the possibility of supporting the building of a theme park in the Negev under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism. DeSantis and Disney CEO Robert Iger held a press conference following their meeting with Yariv Levin, the Tourism minister, where DeSantis stated that he \u201clooked forward to returning to the Holy Land for the grand opening of the Disney Negev.\u201d Ultimately, however, Disney withdrew from the project, which is still moving forward as Negev Park, with plans to open by 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3 f13\">E.<span class=\"f8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"f8\">On an earlier trip to Israel, DeSantis had brought back a bottle of water from the Sea of Galilee, some of which he used for the baptism of his son Mason in early 2019. But afterwards, a cleaning crew threw away the unlabeled bottle, not realizing what it was. Said the governor, \u201cNow, we don\u2019t have any bun in the oven right now. But I think we do need to go back to Israel to make sure we have a stock of that water on display.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rrrjewishtrivia.com\/answers-2023\/ron-desantis-answer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE FOR THE ANSWER<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Ron%20DeSantis\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5841],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75820"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75820"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76218,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75820\/revisions\/76218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}