Billionaire businessman Donald Trump is the

front-runner followed by another outsider, retired

neurosurgeon Ben Carson. Sens. Marco Rubio and
Ted Cruz are in a second tier of candidates,
considered to have a good shot at the nomination if
Trump and Carson fade in the primaries. The
candidacy of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the
son and brother of former presidents, has failed to
catch fire. Other candidates include New Jersey
Gov. Chris Christie, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and
former businesswoman Carly Fiorina.

Empresario multimillonario Donald Trump es el

favorito seguido de otro forastero, neurocirujano
retirado Ben Carson. Sens. Marco Rubio y Ted
Cruz se encuentran en un segundo nivel de los
candidatos, considera que tiene una buena
oportunidad de la nominacin si Trump y Carson
se desvanecen en las primarias. La candidatura del
ex gobernador de Florida, Jeb Bush, hijo y
hermano de ex presidentes, no ha logrado
prenderse fuego. Otros candidatos incluyen el
gobernador de Nueva Jersey, Chris Christie, el
gobernador de Ohio John Kasich y ex empresaria
Carly Fiorina.

Trump's commens also drew criticism from the

other candidates.

Commens de Trump tambin provoc crticas de

los otros candidatos.

"Some in our own party - in the news today - have

actually questioned Israel's commitment to peace,"
said Sen. Marco Rubio. "Some in our own party
actually call for more sacrifice from the Israeli
people. They are dead wrong, and they don't
understand the enduring bond between Israel and
America."

"Algunos en nuestro propio partido - en las

noticias de hoy - en realidad han cuestionado el
compromiso de Israel con la paz", dijo el senador
Marco Rubio. "Algunos en nuestro propio partido
en realidad piden ms sacrificios del pueblo de
Israel. Se equivocan muerto, y ellos no entienden
el vnculo duradero entre Israel y Estados Unidos".

Rubio continued: "I reject those who believe that

Israel is the impediment to peace," he said. "Let
me be crystal clear: there is no moral equivalence
between Israel and its enemies."

Rubio continu: "Rechazo a los que creen que

Israel es el obstculo para la paz", dijo.
"Permtanme ser claro: no hay equivalencia moral
entre Israel y sus enemigos."

Rubio also decried as anti-Semitic a move by the

European Union to label goods imported from
Jewish settlements, a decision sharply criticized by
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Rubio tambin denunci como antisemita un

movimiento por la Unin Europea a los productos
de marca importados de los asentamientos judos,
una decisin duramente criticada por el primer
ministro Benjamin Netanyahu.

"We must not separate the threat to Jerusalem and

Tel Aviv from the threat to Paris, or London, or
Washington, or even Miami," Rubio said, also
criticizing a rise in anti-Semitism in Europe.

"No hay que separar la amenaza a Jerusaln y Tel

Aviv desde la amenaza a Pars o Londres, o en
Washington, o incluso Miami", dijo Rubio,
tambin criticar el aumento del antisemitismo en
Europa.

"Discriminatory laws that apply only to Jews are

now being written into European law for the first
time in more than half a century," the Florida
senator said, to sustained applause.

"Las leyes discriminatorias que se aplican slo a

los Judios ahora se estn escribiendo en la
legislacin europea por primera vez en ms de
medio siglo," el senador de Florida, dijo, ante el
aplauso sostenido.

Ripping 'catastrophic' Iran deal to shreds

"We need a president who will stand
unapologetically with the nation of Israel,"
declared Ted Cruz.

Copiado de 'catastrfica' Irn acuerdo a pedazos

"Necesitamos un presidente que se mantendr sin
pedir disculpas a la nacin de Israel", declar Ted
Cruz.

But in a clear break from Rubio and other

Republican national security hawks, Cruz
suggested the United States would be safer with
Assad continuing in his role as Syrian president,
just as the world would have been safer had

Pero en una clara ruptura con Rubio y otros

halcones de seguridad nacional republicana, Cruz
sugiri que Estados Unidos sea ms seguro con
Assad contina en su papel como presidente de
Siria, al igual que el mundo habra sido ms seguro

Middle East dictators not been toppled in Libya,

Egypt and Iraq.

no haban dictadores de Medio Oriente sido

derribados en Libia, Egipto e Irak.

"Toppling a government and allowing radical

Islamic terrorists to take over a nation is not
benefiting our national security interests," Cruz
said.

"Derrocar a un gobierno y permitiendo que los

terroristas islmicos radicales para hacerse cargo
de una nacin no est beneficiando a nuestros
intereses de seguridad nacional", dijo Cruz.

Cruz, who recently has been climbing in

presidential polls, also said he would make
scrapping the nuclear deal the first order of
business after assuming office following the next
November's White House vote.

Cruz, quien recientemente ha estado subiendo en

las encuestas presidenciales, tambin dijo que iba a
hacer el desguace el acuerdo nuclear de la primera
orden del da despus de asumir el cargo despus
de la Casa Blanca voto del prximo mes de
noviembre.

"If I am elected president, I have pledged on the

very first day in office to rip to shreds this
catastrophic Iranian nuclear deal," he said of
Obama's landmark foreign policy achievement.

"Si soy elegido presidente, me he comprometido

desde el primer da en el cargo a rasgar en pedazos
esta catastrfica acuerdo nuclear iran", dijo sobre
hito logro de poltica exterior de Obama.

Cruz asserted that Obama's former secretary of

state Hillary Clinton, who is running to succeed
her ex-boss in the White House, would be equally
catastrophic were she to become America's next
commander-in-chief.

Cruz asegur que el ex secretario de Estado,

Hillary Clinton, quien es candidato para suceder a
su ex jefe en la Casa Blanca de Obama, sera
igualmente catastrfico se ella se convierta en el
prximo comandante en jefe de Estados Unidos.

"If you vote for Hillary Clinton, you are voting for
the Ayatollah Khamenei to have nuclear
weapons," he said, in remarks echoed by his fellow
Republican presidential contenders.

"Si usted vota por Hillary Clinton, que est

votando por el ayatol Jamenei tenga armas
nucleares", dijo, en declaraciones resonaron por
sus compaeros contendientes presidenciales
republicanos.

Cruz joined with Rubio in declaring that if elected

president, he would move Washington's embassy
from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Cruz se uni a Rubio en declarar que si es elegido

presidente, se trasladara la embajada de
Washington de Tel Aviv a Jerusaln.

Lindsey Graham, a US senator from South

Carolina and former military attorney, joked that
as president "I may have the first all-Jewish
cabinet in America."

Lindsey Graham, senador de Carolina del Sur y ex

fiscal militar, brome diciendo que como
presidente "voy a tener el primer gabinete
totalmente juda en Estados Unidos."

On a serious note, he insisted that on the topic of

defense of Israel, his bona fides were second to
none.

En un tono ms serio, insisti en que en el tema de

defensa de Israel, sus credenciales eran
insuperables.

"ISIL will be destroyed, Iran will be defanged,"

under his administration, the senator proclaimed.

"ISIL ser destruido, Irn ser quitado los

colmillos", bajo su administracin, el senador
proclam.

Michael Leventoff, a New York businessman and

member of the Republican Jewish Coalition, said
Trump questioning Israel's commitment to the
peace process is another example of him "just
getting it wrong."

Michael Leventoff, un hombre de negocios de

Nueva York y miembro de la Coalicin
Republicana Juda, dijo Trump en duda el
compromiso de Israel para el proceso de paz es
otro ejemplo de lo "justo hacerlo mal."

"There's plenty of evidence of Israel's repeated

attempts at peace," he said. "This is exactly why

"Hay un montn de evidencia de repetidos intentos

de Israel en paz", dijo. "Esto es exactamente por

Trump is what I like to call a brilliant idiot. He

should know better, and probably does."

qu Trump es lo que me gusta llamar un brillante

idiota. l debe saber mejor, y probablemente lo
hace."

While there was no chance Thursday for the

candidates to interact with Adelson, who is on a
personal trip, many candidates already have met
with him.

Si bien no haba ninguna posibilidad Jueves para

los candidatos para interactuar con Adelson, que
est en un viaje personal, muchos candidatos ya se
han reunido con l.

Each of the candidates is strong on the issues that

concern Adelson the most, chief among them
protection of Israel, said his political adviser, Andy
Abboud.

Cada uno de los candidatos es fuerte en los temas

que preocupan a Adelson ms, el principal de ellos
la proteccin de Israel, dijo que su asesor poltico,
Andy Abboud.