Pro-Israel US group condemns Netanyahu pact with extremists
Source: The Guardian
Pro-Israel US group condemns Netanyahu pact with extremists
Aipac attacks Israeli PMs pact with racist and reprehensible Jewish Power party
Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem
Mon 25 Feb 2019 11.13 GMT
Benjamin Netanyahus decision to enter an electoral pact with a party of ultranationalist extremists has drawn rare criticism from an influential pro-Israel group in the US.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), which has generally given unflinching support to the Israeli leader during his 13 years in power, called the Jewish Power party racist and reprehensible.
Aipac, which receives Netanyahu as a celebrity, with adoring crowds at conferences, joined a chorus of condemnation worldwide from Jewish and Zionist groups shocked by the agreement with the far-right party.
Netanyahu helped orchestrate the merger last week of Jewish Power with another ultranationalist ally, Jewish Home, that would give him a better chance of forming a majority government in an election on 9 April.
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