A reported row over the inclusion of a controversial politician who could be part of a new Netanyahu government has led to friction between a prominent pro-Israel Democrat Senator and the former pm.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid discusses Israel's opposition to the current version of the Iran nuclear deal in a recent press conference.
The controversial far-right Israeli politician in question is Itamar Ben-Gvir. His party has been gaining in the polls and could finish as high as third or fourth place in the upcoming election.In a statement to Fox News Digital, Ben-Gvir, the leader of the Otzma Yehudit party said,"I am deeply concerned by reports thathas aimed incorrect and mistaken criticisms at the millions of Israelis who will soon vote in favor of a center-right government and me personally.
In a recent interview with the Associated Press Shuki Friedman, an expert on Israel’s far right described Ben-Gvir as being"a populist demagogue … he interviews well, he is good on camera, and he has had plenty of screen time that has given him legitimacy," noted Friedman of the Jewish People Policy Institute. Israeli right-wing Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir in Jerusalem.
A spokesperson for Menendez declined to comment in response to a Fox News Digital press query. The U.S. State Department did not answer a media query.
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