{"id":6714,"date":"2026-07-08T20:06:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=6714"},"modified":"2026-07-08T20:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:06:33","slug":"former-chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-in-tel-aviv-sharply-criticizes-netanyahu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=6714","title":{"rendered":"Former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, in Tel Aviv, sharply criticizes Netanyahu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amid eroding Democratic support for Israel, the presidential prospect says Israel\u2019s prime minister has led his country into a \u201cdead end.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>

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Rahm Emanuel addresses an event at Tel Aviv University on Wednesday. (Amir Cohen\/Reuters)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

TEL AVIV \u2014 Rahm Emanuel, the former Chicago mayor and potential Democratic presidential candidate, sharply criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a speech here Wednesday, accusing him of leading his country to unprecedented diplomatic isolation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe prime minister and his government have led Israel into a dead end,\u201d Emanuel said. Citing the importance of pursuing both military strength and peace talks, he added, \u201cPrime Minister Netanyahu has done the former to the exclusion of the latter, and as a direct result, support for Israel is plummeting around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

During a five-day visit to Israel, Emanuel has met with the country\u2019s president, Isaac Herzog, whose post is ceremonial, but not with Netanyahu. \u201cI\u2019m not going to give the prime minister an opportunity to twist this politically,\u201d Emanuel told reporters before his speech.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu\u2019s office declined to comment. Some of the prime minister\u2019s allies suggested Emanuel was not an important enough figure to merit a response.<\/p>\n

Others put him in a long line of Jews with what they consider self-destructive views. \u201cThere will be a place for Rahm Emanuel in between Karl Marx and Bernie Sanders when the next edition of The Vanishing Jew is published,\u201d Michael Eisenberg, an American Israeli venture capitalist who is also an adviser to Netanyahu, wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Emanuel, who served as a congressman and U.S. ambassador to Japan, is visiting Israel at a time when the U.S. political dynamic has turned sharply against the country. The prospective Democratic 2028 presidential candidates have already begun facing questions about their past support for Israel from liberals demanding a tougher stand.<\/p>\n

Emanuel\u2019s connection to Israel is especially notable and was in evidence during Wednesday\u2019s speech. He choked up as he spoke of visiting his uncle\u2019s grave site at Israel\u2019s Mount of Olives cemetery, and he noted that his father was born in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

But most of his talk was devoted to the message that the United States would not continue to support Netanyahu\u2019s reliance on unbridled military power. \u201cToday you may be more strategically secure; however, you\u2019re more diplomatically isolated than ever,\u201d Emanuel said. \u201cThat is a choice this government has made.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Hamas operatives surged over the Hamas border Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 250 hostages, American public opinion was largely sympathetic toward Israel. But since Israel launched a retaliatory attack on Gaza that has killed more than 70,000 Palestinians, many Americans, especially Democrats, have turned against the country.<\/p>\n

Emanuel, in his speech, proposed a plan under which Israel and the Middle East Arab nations would grant each other official recognition and economic cooperation. At the same time, the Arab countries would take responsibility for fostering a credible Palestinian leadership.<\/p>\n

Emanuel suggested he would not mourn if Netanyahu is defeated in Israel\u2019s upcoming parliamentary elections, which are expected to take place in October. \u201cThis is not just another election for Israel, but it is going to be a consequential election,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n

Herzog, in a social media post after meeting with Emanuel, said it is critical that Israel leaders keep up good relations with both Democrats and Republicans in the United States \u2014 something Emanuel said Netanyahu has failed to do, choosing instead to align with the GOP.<\/p>

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\u201cI underscored the importance of maintaining bipartisan support for the U.S.-Israel partnership, which greatly benefits both our nations,\u201d Herzog wrote.<\/p>\n

Emanuel\u2019s audience at Tel Aviv University was friendly, periodically breaking out in applause. Attendees laughed knowingly when Emanuel said that Israel\u2019s only recent diplomatic gain has been recognition by Somaliland \u2014 a country that itself is not recognized by many nations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs my grandmother used to say, \u2018You lost Europe, you lost America, and you picked up Somaliland \u2014 such a deal,\u201d Emanuel said, taking on the inflection of a comedian.<\/p>\n

Emanuel became animated when asked by reporters about the charge by some detractors that he is a longtime supporter of Israel who is becoming a critic only when it is politically advantageous to do so.<\/p>\n

He cited his criticism of Israel\u2019s expansion of West Bank settlements in 2009, when he was President Barack Obama\u2019s chief of staff, saying that prompted Netanyahu to call him a \u201cself-loathing Jew.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anything, I\u2019ve been consistent \u2026 telling the prime minister to his face this was a huge mistake,\u201d Emanuel said. \u201cMaybe you\u2019re the one that\u2019s late to this game,\u201d he added, referring to Democratic critics.<\/p>\n

In his speech, which was sent to the media<\/u><\/a> before the event, Emanuel reiterated that the U.S. \u201cshould end at long last the American taxpayer\u2019s subsidy of Israel\u2019s defense budget.\u201d He warned that \u201cthis alliance is at a tipping point. \u2026 We will not continue to give you political, economic, strategic, military capital of ours when you undermine our own security, our own interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emanuel said Israel cannot continue to occupy Gaza, and he asked the Israeli audience what kind of country they wanted to see when Israel celebrates its centennial in 22 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you think over the next 22 years you\u2019re going to occupy 70 percent of the Gaza and use your resource, political capital, economic capital for that occupation \u2026 it\u2019s not sustainable, and it\u2019s not a long-term plan,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s actually the avoidance of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emanuel also took aim at Netanyahu\u2019s recent comment<\/a> that Israel could be a \u201csuper Sparta,\u201d militant and self-reliant. And he criticized the prime minister\u2019s support for President Donald Trump\u2019s move to abandon Obama\u2019s nuclear deal with Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s decision to shred that agreement licensed Prime Minister Netanyahu to do what he\u2019s always desired \u2014 embrace a military-only approach,\u201d Emanuel said. \u201cAnd look at what\u2019s happened: You\u2019ve lost ground. You\u2019re less safe today, not more.\u201d<\/p>

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