Richard Haass: American-Jewish Community Is Split in Support of Netanyahu

‘There’s a real paralleling between Bibi Netanyahu’s position on big issues and the Trump White House’

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HAASS: "You’re right. The American Jewish community is split. There’s a percentage, I think probably a minority, that is strongly backing Bibi Netanyahu and will largely vote here on the basics of policy towards Israel; and there's I think a larger percent of American Jews that will vote on the basis of the whole range of political issues. But there is a lot of support. It’s interesting, what Bibi Netanyahu is doing, Joe. It’s not just the moving of the embassy to Jerusalem, it’s also the anti-Iranian policy. Essentially he is getting as close as he can to Trump, also because of the so-called peace process, the idea of walking with the Saudis and others. There’s a real paralleling between Bibi Netanyahu’s position on big issues and the Trump White House."

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