Multiple US presidential candidates have criticized Israel's prime minister ahead of the Jewish State's Tuesday general election, with Beto O'Rourke branding Benjamin Netanyahu 'racist' and Bernie Sanders calling him too extreme. US politicians traditionally hail Washington'
Washington - Multiple US presidential candidates have criticized Israel's prime minister ahead of the Jewish State's Tuesday general election, with Beto O'Rourke branding Benjamin Netanyahu"racist" and Bernie Sanders calling him too extreme.
But O'Rourke said that while the relationship is crucial,"it must be able to transcend a prime minister who is racist as he warns about Arabs coming to the polls who wants to defy any prospects for peace as he threatens to annex the West Bank." "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 Palestinians, added O'Rourke.
"I do not support his policies, and I think that to speak out against Netanyahu is not to be anti-Israel," he said, adding that President Donald Trump's administration ought to pressure Israeli and Palestinian leaders to"negotiate peace agreements in good faith."
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