POLITICO
Cruz courts AIPAC, swiping Trump in process
by Katie Glueck
March 22, 2016

Ted Cruz took the stage Monday at a massive pro-Israel gathering and immediately tore into rival Donald Trump’s Israel-backing bona fides. “Let me say at the outset,” the Texas senator said as he took the stage at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual gathering, “Perhaps to the surprise of the previous speaker, Palestine has not existed since 1948.” That was a jab at Trump, who spoke right before Cruz and several times referred to the Palestinian territories, some of which are under Israeli control, as “Palestine” — a definite faux pas in some pro-Israel circles. Cruz, who is seeking to emerge as the Republican Party’s anti-Trump standard bearer, sprinkled several other swipes at Trump throughout his address to AIPAC, a high-profile Washington conference that drew thousands of people and every presidential candidate except for Bernie Sanders. READ MORE

Ted Cruz Addresses AIPAC March 21, 2016