Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., a potential Republican presidential contender in 2016, said Saturday that America should be a „forceful“ voice in defense of Israel‘s security, and he worried that President Obama helped cause the outbreak of violence by wavering in his support for the Jewish state.

„Israel is not sure that they have America‘s full support like they used to,“ Christie told reporters during an annual meeting of the National Governors Association, according to Haaretz. „And that‘s a real failure of this presidency, in my view.