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Home Front: Politix
Beto O'Rourke slams ‘racist’ Netanyahu ahead of Israeli elections
2019-04-09
[PRESSTV] Democratic US presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke has called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "racist" and obstacle to establishing peace in the Middle East.

"The US-Israel relationship is one of the most important relationships that we have on the planet," O’Rourke said on a campaign stop at the University of Iowa on Sunday.

"And that relationship, if it is to be successful, must transcend partisanship in the United States, and it must be able to transcend a prime minister who is racist as he warns about Arabs coming to the polls (and) who wants to defy any prospects for peace as he threatens to annex the West Bank," he added.

The Texas Democrat condemned Netanyahu for siding with a "far-right racist party in order to maintain his hold on power."

"I don't think that Benjamin Netanyahu represents the true will of the Israeli people or the best interests of the US-Israel relationship, or any path to peace" for Israelis and Paleostinians, added O'Rourke.

Posted by:Fred

#11  And apparently he’s been at work putting together a coalition much of the day, so we’ll see.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-04-09 23:24  

#10  netanyahu has won reelection
Posted by: 3dc   2019-04-09 22:54  

#9  O'Rourke is a muslim, who knew.
Posted by: Woodrow   2019-04-09 14:03  

#8  Micksican, that is fantastic.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-04-09 10:40  

#7  You have more cynical friends, Frank G? Truly,
I have led a sheltered life.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-04-09 10:04  

#6  One of my more cynical friends refers to him as teh Micksican
Posted by: Frank G   2019-04-09 09:40  

#5  Waitaminute! Is he conspiring to influence the election in another country?
Posted by: Bobby   2019-04-09 09:38  

#4  "I don't think that Benjamin Netanyahu represents the true will of the Israeli people

And I should care what a lying (Hispanic) Irish Drunk driver thinks, why?

His density probably makes him eligible for Black Hole status by now.
Posted by: AlanC   2019-04-09 07:45  

#3  Man of Irish descent running as a 'Hispanic' calling others racist. They just don't get Freudian Project. Same party that supported slavery and segregation that now wants all of America to pay for their sins.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-04-09 06:36  

#2  The National Review in 2013: Arabs Are Prominent in Israel’s Government

Bibi Netanyahu was prime minister then. Arabs have become more integrated into Israeli society since then, not less.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-04-09 03:36  

#1  Speaking of racist parties . . . .
Posted by: gorb   2019-04-09 02:10  

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