'The embattled Israeli prime minister has embraced fear tactics along with his American ally, and Jewish-American groups are angry,' writes Yardena Schwartz for POLITICOmag
, including AIPAC, which rarely criticizes Israel in public. It was the first time in Israeli history the high court had banned an individual candidate from running. The last time a party was disqualified was in 1992. It was also connected to Kahane.
As for Netanyahu, the initial outcry over his embrace of Jewish Power has died down, and he has recovered his footing in the polls. And with President Donald Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, he can credibly claim that he has the endorsement of a very powerful sponsor: the United States of America.
“We are particularly troubled when fringe groups that try to threaten Israel’s founding ideals are brought into the mainstream,” said Avi Mayer, assistant executive director of the American Jewish Committee. This is why, he continues, “we departed from our longstanding practice of refraining from commenting on domestic Israeli politics to express our alarm.”
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