A U.S.-born Israeli author and former politician says Mitt Romney's candid comments against the idea of a two-state solution for Israel were right on the mark.
As OneNewsNow has reported, Mother Jones magazine recently released the controversial video of private comments Romney made during a May 17 fundraiser in Boca Raton, Florida, where he expressed no confidence in the idea of creating a Palestinian state:
"I look at the Palestinians not wanting to see peace anyway for political purposes, committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel, and these thorny issues, and I say, 'There's just no way,'" Romney states.
David Rubin, former mayor of the Israeli town of Shiloh and author of The Islamic Tsunami: Israel and America in the Age of Obama, says Romney's comments should send a strong message to the Palestinians.
"If they don't know what you think, then they misinterpret it and they take it as weakness," he asserts. "So in this case, Mitt Romney has come right out and said what he thinks -- and it's very on target."
Rubin believes Romney recognizes that the Palestinians are passionate about destroying Israel.