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According to reports, Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was slated to receive Tuesday afternoon the endorsement of the head of the nation's largest pro-Israel PAC. Jewish Insider broke the news Tuesday morning that the Texas senator, who is campaigning in South Carolina ahead of that state's Republican presidential primary on Saturday, will receive Dr. Ben Chouake's backing. Chouake is president of NORPAC, a nonpartisan political action committee whose primary purpose is to support candidates and sitting members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives who demonstrate a genuine commitment to the strength, security and survival of Israel....

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is expected to earn the backing of Dr. Ben Chouake, president of NORPAC, the nation's largest pro-Israel political action committee, in an announcement to be made later today. "Since entering the Senate, Ted Cruz has made support of US-Israel relations a priority," Dr. Chouake said in a statement obtained exclusively by Jewish Insider. "He has used the legislative powers of his office to advance the relationship, and his bully pulpit to add a moral voice for America's most important ally in the Middle East. It is evident that Senator Cruz' support for Israel is heartfelt...

Conventional wisdom among many of my peers in the "pro-Israel" community is that Rubio & Cruz are indistinguishable as it relates to support for Israel, and on Foreign Policy as a whole. Is that indeed true?...