Pro-Israel US group condemns Netanyahu pact with extremists

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Pro-Israel US group condemns Netanyahu pact with extremists

Aipac attacks Israeli PM’s pact with ‘racist and reprehensible’ Jewish Power party

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem
Mon 25 Feb 2019 11.13 GMT

Benjamin Netanyahu’s 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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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/25/pro-israel-us-group-condemns-netanyahu-pact-with-extremists

[Mosby]

1. this decision by bibi might be his undoing

Let's hope.

Jewish home is part of the russian block, they think it's stupid to give up land for peace (which hasn't worked so far fwiw) but they aren't as racist as the Kahane group.

Ganz and lapid are going to get it done, mark my words.

[sabbat hunter]

2. Land for peace

worked great with Egypt when Israel gave back the Sinai.
I think a mistake they made was not giving back Gaza at the same time.