Rahm Emanuel will assail Netanyahu in Tel Aviv speech as American politics shift against Israel

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate and longtime defender of Israel, will denounce Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv this week and deliver a bracing message that the country's relationship with the United States is "at a crossroads."

"It cannot stand or survive as it has been," Emanuel will say at Tel Aviv University on Wednesday, according to remarks obtained by The Associated Press. "To maintain the strength of our ties, we need significant changes and a new direction."

In an interview ahead of his speech, Emanuel said Israel's continued military response to Hamas' attack on Oct. 7, 2023, has been "reckless and careless in the treatment of Palestinian life — not only the military campaign but using food and medicine as an instrument of your military goals."

Asked whether Israel had committed genocide, an accusation leveled by some human rights organizations and rejected by the Israeli and U.S. governments, Emanuel said the question should not be considered in isolation without also examining conflicts in Ukraine and Sudan.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/rahm-emanuel-assail-netanyahu-tel-111621516.html

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1. It isn't exactly a brave move by Emmanuel

after 30+ year of this stuff from Netanyahu, but I guess I will take it. Emmanuel is simply aligning himself with the vast majority of American Jews.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/04/07/negative-views-of-israel-netanyahu-continue-to-rise-among-americans-especially-young-people/

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2. Netanyahu badly overplayed his hand, especially by

conning trump into an unprovoked attack on Iran. On top of the carnage in Gaza and the aggression in Lebanon, which were unpopular with the American public, the American-Israel war on Iran visibly increased the cost of living for average Americans.

Our government's ongoing support for Israel is now seen as as a burden on American consumers. And that a bigger sin than killing all those Arabs and Iranians in the eyes of the public.

I say this as a person who has been generally supportive of Israel's legitmate self defense needs.