Prime Minister Netanyahu got his wish when the parliament passed a bill that would limit the ability of the Supreme Court to check the laws and policies of the government. He got this wish while recovering from emergency heart surgery to install a pacemaker after doctors discovered significant blockage in his heart.
After the victory, he addressed the nation, saying “We all know that the Israel Defense Forces relies on dedicated reservists who love the country. The call for refusal harms the security of all citizens of the country. I call on you, our brothers and sisters who serve in the reserves — leave the service in the IDF out of the political debate.”
Just as the bill passed, a former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and leftist extremist Martin Indyk is calling on Israel to “consider standing on its own two feet.” He reflects the American left’s view of Israel perfectly, and reveals, in part, the affinity the left has with the mid-20th century German ideology they pretend to fight against.
He wants the U.S. to stop supporting the Israeli military, claiming it’s best for the Israelis, saying, “Israel would be better off in my view if it were not dependent on this security assistance handout from the United States and could turn the relationship into a relationship of equals rather than a relationship of dependency.” The doublespeak seems more about not sounding like the antisemite he actually is rather than any true concern for the welfare of the Israeli state. After the vote passed by a 64-0 margin, the antisemite leftist said, “It’s a very dark day for Israel. In its 75-year history, it hasn’t faced this kind of threat to its unity caused by an extremist government that’s pushing an anti-democratic legislative agenda that’s generating huge opposition…it’s very dangerous not only for Israel’s internal cohesion but for the message it sends its enemies.”
The former Ambassador served under the Clinton administration and has been a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli activist ever since, calling on the U.S. to pull aid to Israel over its “occupation” of “Palestine,” a people that want nothing more than to drive the Israelis into the sea. He has called the U.S. “Enablers of Occupation.”
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