That's simply a flat out lie to say he'd cut aid to Isreal.
He said PAKISTAN doesn't seem like they are really a country we should be funding, given that we're basically broke and need that money here. For all other countries, we should take a fresh look, rather than assuming that we should continue supporting them at current levels.
What Perry actually said about Israel:
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Obviously Israel is a special ally, and my guess is we would be funding them at a high level
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This after saying:
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PAKISTAN is clearly sending us messages that they don't deserve our foreign aid because they're not being honest with us
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He then said that we should take a look at ALL foreign aid, that if there's no reason to be funding another country, that country's funding from us should be zero. We should consider each country, he said, and spend only what seems prudent, starting from the basis level of zero, then doling out money only as it's prudent. This as opposed to starting with current levels as the basis and then deciding which countries to increase aid to.