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Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Trump Could Be Israels Worst Nightmare [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)21. Yes, they do
I don't know why you keep pretending that Israel = Netanyahu. His party got 23 percent of the vote in the election.
Herzog, the opposition leader, whose party came in second by four points said this:
@HerzogMK Dec 28
John Kerry has always been a great friend of Israel and will always be. His speech expresses true concerns about Israels wellbeing & future.
John Kerry has always been a great friend of Israel and will always be. His speech expresses true concerns about Israels wellbeing & future.
The third place party in the last election, incidentally, was the Joint List, a political alliance of four Arab-dominated parties in Israel.
The second and third place finishers in the election wholeheartedly reject Netanyahu and everything he stands for.
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Netanyahu replied to Kerry's speech in English and it was not on Israeli TV in any language.
applegrove
Dec 2016
#1
Touche'. In fact the situation here parallels exactly what is happening in Israel
still_one
Jan 2017
#52
We're going to have at least 4 years of anyone who dissents from the Bibi-Trump pro-apartheid party
geek tragedy
Dec 2016
#6
That's not really new. Already criticism of Israel is reflexively labeled anti-Semitic.
DanTex
Dec 2016
#7
I've been wondering just how long this love affair between the Con anbd Bebe will last. The Con
napi21
Dec 2016
#26
LT is likely confusing softening support for Israel among the *far left* of the Democratic Party,
branford
Jan 2017
#37
I couldn't agree with you more. I greatly appreciate your putting into words what I've been feeling
grossproffit
Jan 2017
#39
Now this is truly bizarre. Bernie is of Polish ancestry. Biden is of Irish
underthematrix
Jan 2017
#69