This upcoming speech by American politician Rahm Emanuel in Tel Aviv this week is a major rebuttal against the misleading and self-serving platforms of AIPAC and the Republican Jewish Coalition. These groups have provided hundreds of millions in contributions to right-wing Republican groups and Donald Trump to advance the MAGA agenda and promote the Netanyahu government.

Emanuel’s speech, as reported by Politico, is expected to point out that Israel has become a pariah nation under the Netanyahu regime by its refusal to consider a Palestinian state, its thuggish tactics by settlers against local Palestinians, and its expansionist plans into territory called by their biblical names, Judea and Samaria.

Emanuel will also say that Israel is financially strong enough so that it no longer needs extensive military aid. He also will criticize Benjamin Netanyahu as a divisive leader who has taken Israel in the wrong direction in its international diplomacy and domestic policies.

These messages resonate strongly in Democratic circles and among younger progressive........

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