GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, visited the Western Wall today in the Old City of Jerusalem. A mob of journalists live-tweeted the event.
Gov Romney and Mrs. Romney have arrived at the Western Wall….
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) July 29, 2012
Ann Romney at the western wall. Upon seeing her one man said "the next first lady." pic.twitter.com/xNct34cS
— Sarah Huisenga (@SarahHuisenga) July 29, 2012
Media mob surrounds Romney as he leaves the western wall. One man yells "beat Obama Governor!" pic.twitter.com/j5gWV2Md
— Sarah Huisenga (@SarahHuisenga) July 29, 2012
Mitt Romney in prayer rests his hand against the Western Wall pic.twitter.com/8hpZJWN8
— Maeve Reston (@MaeveReston) July 29, 2012
Romney can be heard describing the Western Wall as a "sacred place."
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) July 29, 2012
#romney visits western wall in #jerusalem's old city (copy of photo posted on fb) pic.twitter.com/sOPXsEcI
— Allyn Fisher-Ilan (@AFilan) July 29, 2012
RT @PeterAlexander: WAILING WALL: Romney places a prayer in Jerusalem's Western Wall. http://t.co/L7C18J2R
— Glen Johnson (@globeglen) July 29, 2012
Interesting timing for Mitt Romney to visit Western Wall in Jerusalem; it's Tisha B'Av, Jewish day of mourning for destruction of Temples
— RAGreeneCNN (@RAGreeneCNN) July 29, 2012
Israeli riot police seen suiting down at the Western Wall after Romney visit. No signs of any issues.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) July 29, 2012
Romney advisor Dan Senor was on the trip:
Just wrapped warm and substantive meetings b/w Romney & Netanyahu, as well as Peres & Mofaz. Heading to Western Wall now.
— Dan Senor (@dansenor) July 29, 2012
Mitt is being surrounded by hundreds of Jews at the Kotel. Taking him a while to walk down
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) July 29, 2012
Senor made headlines this morning for stating the candidate’s respect for Israel’s right to preventative strikes against Iran over its nuclear designs:
One of Mitt Romney‘s top foreign policy advisors said Sunday that as president, Romney would respect Israel’s right to strike Iran to unilaterally prevent that nation from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Dan Senor told reporters that Western nations partnering with Israel should “do everything we can” to stop Iran from developing weapons capability.
“And if Israel has to take action on its own, in order to stop Iran from developing that capability the governor would respect that decision.”
