@classikp It’s tough for a Republican politician to lose friends by visiting Israel. Yet Sarah Palin is in danger of doing so. The former GOP vice presidential candidate arrived in Israel Sunday for a two-day visit. Ben Smith in Politico reports that the trip was booked through a Christian tour operator. But the real news is who did not book the trip: the Republican Jewish Coalition, the group that brought George W. Bush to Israel in 1998, Mitt Romney in 2007, Haley Barbour in 2011, and many other presidential hopefuls beside.