Perry: Obama’s Israel Policy “A Very Dangerous Insult”

Texas Guv speaks Tues. morning to Gotham City audience - with U.S. Jewish, Israeli leaders.

Puts strong support behind two-state solution, calls president's Middle East strategy "appeasement."

Romney gets into the act with his own statement: "What we are watching unfold at the United Nations is ...the culmination of President Obama’s repeated efforts over three years to throw Israel under the bus and undermine its negotiating position. That policy must stop now."

Perry excerpts as provided to AP:
"We are indignant that certain Middle Eastern leaders have discarded the principle of direct negotiations between the sovereign nation of Israel and the Palestinian leadership. And we are equally indignant that the Obama administration's Middle East policy of appeasement has encouraged such an ominous act of bad faith."

MITT ROMNEY STATEMENT ON PALESTINIAN BID FOR U.N. RECOGNITION

Boston, MA – Mitt Romney today issued the following statement on the Palestinian Authority's expected request that the United Nations recognize a Palestinian state:

“What we are watching unfold at the United Nations is an unmitigated diplomatic disaster. It is the culmination of President Obama’s repeated efforts over three years to throw Israel under the bus and undermine its negotiating position. That policy must stop now. In his speech to the U.N. this week, President Obama must unequivocally reaffirm the United States’ commitment to the security of Israel and its continued existence as a Jewish state. And he must make clear that if the Palestinian Authority succeeds in gaining any type of U.N. recognition, the United States will cut foreign assistance to the Palestinians, as well as re-evaluate its funding of U.N. programs and its relationship with any nation voting in favor of recognition. Actions that compromise the interests of the United States, our allies, and all those who desire a lasting peace must have consequences.”