Copyrighted Image? DMCA | The Emergency Committee for Israel, co-founded by Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol released an ad criticizing President Obama for not visiting Israel during his presidency, although he did visit as a candidate in 2008. Ronald Reagan never traveled to Israel as President. hen George W. Bush went to Israel in January of '08, he was the first Republican president to do so since Richard Nixon, who went in June of 1974 (only after he had already been to Iran). |