Sheldon Adelson profiled as Republican kingmaker

A new profile of the Jewish casino magnate Sheldon Adelson in New York Magazine argues that he is “the person most responsible” for the Republican party’s powerful pro-Israel shift in recent years.

The 6,000-word piece is titled “Sheldon Adelson Is Ready to Buy the Presidency.”

Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson in Las Vegas, Nevada, 2014 (photo credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP)
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson in Las Vegas, Nevada, 2014 (photo credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP)

Adelson, a staunch conservative and the most powerful backer of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has yet to endorse a Republican candidate for the 2016 presidential elections.

The candidate to win his favor and financial support will have gone a long way toward securing the GPO nomination.

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