{"id":1975281,"date":"2023-07-17T15:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-claims-title-of-most-pro-israel-governor-in-speech-to-christian-group\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T15:20:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:20:33","slug":"desantis-claims-title-of-most-pro-israel-governor-in-speech-to-christian-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-claims-title-of-most-pro-israel-governor-in-speech-to-christian-group\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis declares himself &#8216;most pro-Israel governor&#8217; in address to Christian group."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-claims-title-of-most-pro-israel-governor-in-speech-to-christian-group%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1975281&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Gov. \u2062Ron\u200b DeSantis: \u2064The Most \u200cPro-Israel Governor<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking \u200cat the Christians\u200c United \u200bfor Israel \u20622023\u200c summit on \u2063Monday\u200c in \u200dArlington, Virginia,\u200d Gov.\u200b Ron \u200cDeSantis (R-FL) \u200bproudly \u200dclaimed \u200dthe title\u200b of\u2064 the\u200d &#8220;most\u200c pro-Israel\u200c governor&#8221; \u2064in the \u200bU.S.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;So many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-brad-raffenspergers-update-to-georgias-voting-machine-software-right-before-the-2020-election-was-unlawful-and-violates-any-certification-of-state-results\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger\u2019s Update to Georgia\u2019s Voting Machine Software Right Before the 2020 Election Was Unlawful and Violates Any Certification of State Results\">people run<\/a>\u200b for \u2063office \u200cand \u2062they promise big things,\u2062 and \u2064then\u2063 they underdeliver \u2062on their promises,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>the\u2063 governor, who is \u200crunning\u2063 for\u200b president \u2064in \u20642024, explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;One\u200d thing\u2064 that I said\u2063 was that if you\u2062 elect \u2064me as \u2064governor \u200din \u20632018, \u200cI would\u200c be \u200dthe\u200c most pro-Israel\u2063 governor \u200din the \u200dUnited \u200cStates,&#8221; \u2062he reminded\u200d listeners. &#8220;And \u200bwe \u2063have \u2063kept\u200d our word\u200b and \u200ckept our promise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u200b recounted\u2064 how, before he took\u200c office\u2064 in\u2062 2019,\u200c rental company \u200bAirbnb enacted a\u200c policy \u2064&#8221;to\u2063 discriminate \u2063against\u2064 Jews \u200bliving \u2064in Judea\u200d and \u200bSamaria.&#8221; He\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/like-a-no-brainer-carmen-electra-joins-onlyfans-to-be-in-control-of-her-image\/\" title=\"\u2018Like A No-Brainer\u2019: Carmen Electra Joins OnlyFans To \u2018Be In Control\u2019 Of Her Image\">proudly shared<\/a>\u200d that\u200c &#8220;we \u2064immediately \u2062moved \u200bto\u200d impose our anti-[Boycott, \u200dDivestment, and\u200b Sanctions] sanctions\u200d against Airbnb\u2064 and\u2063 lo \u200dand behold, \u200bthey \u200creversed\u2063 their \u200bpolicy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he highlighted Florida&#8217;s \u2064action \u2063against Unilever \u200bover\u200c ice cream\u2062 maker\u200d Ben\u2064 &#038; \u200dJerry&#8217;s attempts \u200bto \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-claims-title-of-most-pro-israel-governor-in-speech-to-christian-group\/\" title=\"DeSantis declares himself 'most pro-Israel governor' in address to Christian group.\">stop selling ice\u2062 cream<\/a> in \u2064the\u2063 Jewish \u2063state.<\/p>\n<p>He further \u200cexplained \u200bto\u2063 the\u200c crowd\u200d that \u2063now, \u2064the \u2062principles \u200cof the BDS \u200bmovement \u2062are\u2062 being\u200b incorporated \u200cinto\u200c environmental, social, and \u2063corporate\u200b governance \u200ccriteria followed by \u2064businesses.\u2064 &#8220;They&#8217;re\u2063 specifically targeting\u200b Israel,&#8221; the\u200d governor\u2063 said. \u200b&#8221;And so we\u2062 made\u2064 changes to our \u200claw \u200cto \u200drecognize\u2063 that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to DeSantis, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-and-state-dept-announce-policies-to-expand-entry-to-u-s-ahead-of-title-42-ending-on-may-11\/\" title=\"DHS and State Dept Announce Policies to Expand Entry to U.S. Ahead of Title 42 Ending on May 11\">expanded law<\/a> \u200bwent \u2064into effect at the beginning of\u2062 July.<\/p>\n<p>He\u200d then \u2062announced \u2064that\u2062 &#8220;Florida \u200chas \u200bformally\u200d instituted\u2062 an \u200binvestigation against Morningstar for \u2062violations \u2064of\u200b our\u200b anti-BDS law. \u200cWe&#8217;re \u2062not\u200c letting\u200b them\u200b target Israel \u2062and get away \u2062with it.\u200b We&#8217;re using our tools to \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-bans-gop-account-allows-inflammatory-dnc-ads\/\" title=\"Facebook bans GOP account, allows inflammatory DNC ads\">fight back<\/a>.&#8221; Morningstar\u200d is \u200ca financial\u2064 ratings\u2064 firm \u200bthat has been alleged to support the \u2062anti-Israel\u200d BDS movement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ve\u200d asked\u200b the State Board of Administration \u200dto\u2063 engage \u2062Morningstar\u200c to\u200d assess\u2063 why the\u2063 company\u2062 appears\u2063 to \u200dbe \u200cblacklisting companies \u2064associated\u2063 with Israel,&#8221; Florida \u200dCFO Jimmy Patronis\u2064 said\u200d in \u2063June.\u200d &#8220;The \u200dcompany \u2063already has a\u2063 troubling \u200chistory.\u2062 If they\u2019re \u200bdiscriminating against Israel, \u2062Florida \u2064law\u200c is clear, and we have\u2062 no \u2062choice but \u200dto\u2064 explore\u200b divestment \u2062actions against\u200b the firm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis&#8217;s\u200b remarks \u2064come\u2063 days before\u200b Israeli President Isaac\u200b Herzog \u200bis set \u200cto deliver a joint\u2062 address to\u2064 Congress, which \u200cseveral progressive Democratic lawmakers\u200b have said \u2064they plan \u2063to boycott.<\/p>\n<p>Over the \u2062weekend, \u200dHouse \u2064Progressive Caucus\u200c Chairwoman\u2062 Pramila Jayapal \u2064(D-WA) \u2063stirred\u2064 up controversy \u2063when\u2064 she referred to \u200dIsrael as\u200c a\u2064 &#8220;racist state.&#8221; This \u200dprompted House \u200bDemocratic\u2064 leadership\u2064 to \u200dissue a joint\u2063 statement reaffirming \u200bits \u200dsupport for \u2062Israel \u2063and \u2062its relationship with the\u200c U.S. \u2063and denying \u2063the\u200d claim\u200c that it is racist.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our \u2063commitment to a safe and \u2064secure\u2062 Israel as an invaluable partner,\u200d ally,\u2063 and beacon\u200b of \u200bdemocracy \u200bin\u200b the\u200b Middle\u200b East \u200dis \u200cironclad,&#8221; \u200dthe statement\u2063 read.<\/p>\n<p><a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ \u200bMORE \u200dFROM\u200c THE WASHINGTON \u2064EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024, asserted his position as the &#8220;most pro-Israel governor&#8221; during the Christians United for Israel 2023 summit. Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) criticized politicians who fail to fulfill their pledges, emphasizing his commitment to the cause. As he pursues the presidency, DeSantis aims to maintain his pro-Israel stance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1975282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}