The Democrat was in Iowa over the weekend to drum up support for his run forpresident when a voter asked him to comment on the Israeli-Palestinianconflict, CNN reported
Former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke lambasted Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, labeling the Israeli prime minister a “racist” who neither represents the “true will of the Israeli people” nor the “best interests” of the relationship between the United States and Israel.
“This is somebody who, in a previous election, warned Arabs were coming to the polls. It’s racism,” O’Rourke said, referring to a warning about “droves of Arabs” that the Israeli leader had issued to his supporters in 2015. Netanyahu, who has been dogged by allegations of corruption and is up for re-election this week, vowed over the weekend to annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank if voters return him to power. He has also sought to form a coalition with the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, whose views have been slammed as “reprehensible” by the American Jewish Committee and “hateful and extremist” by the Anti-Defamation League.
— They call me Mr. Kornbluh ️ April 7, 2019 Speaking to reporters following his rally on Sunday, O’Rourke said the U.S.-Israel relationship needs to “transcend” Netanyahu’s leadership.
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