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From the Liveblog of Sunday, July 26, 2015

Cruz on Tisha B’Av: Iran deal threatens Israel’s survival

26 July 2015, 9:34 pm

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In a message to Jewish supporters marking the fast of Tisha B’Av, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz compares the Iran nuclear deal to the same threats that destroyed the ancient Jewish temples.

Republican presidential candidate US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition spring leadership meeting at The Venetian Las Vegas on April 25, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP) — Republican presidential candidate US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition spring leadership meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 25, 2015. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP)

“Especially today, with stakes so high, we can never allow there to be a threat to Israel’s destruction,” he says in the statement. “We must furiously fight the Iran deal that puts Israel in jeopardy so that we may never again mourn the destruction of the Jewish State.”

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