Posted on 10/04/2022 3:31:42 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
Otzma Yehudit chairman MK Itamar Ben-Gvir pushed back Tuesday on criticism by New Jersey Senator and veteran Democratic lawmaker Robert Menendez, dismissing accusations of racism.
According to a report last week by Axios, Senator Menendez warned Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu last month not to include “right-wing extremists” in any future coalition government.
Menendez specifically demanded that Netanyahu not include MK Ben-Gvir in a new government, adding that doing so would harm relations between Israel and the US.
Two sources familiar with the meeting said that during the September 5th meeting, Menendez "raised his concerns" about Netanyahu's political partners, specifically mentioning Otzma Yehudit and Ben-Gvir and saying that he has "serious concerns" regarding a possible partnership between Netanyahu and "extremist and polarizing individuals like Ben-Gvir" in a potential government.
Ben-Gvir responded Tuesday morning, issuing a statement rejecting Menendez’s claims, declaring himself an “anti-racist.”
“I am deeply concerned by reports that Senator Menendez has aimed incorrect and mistaken criticisms at the millions of Israelis who will soon vote in favor of a center-right government and me personally.”
Lauding Menendez as a "friend of Israel," Ben-Gvir declared that his party is dedicated to combating "racist antisemitism".
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Robert Menendez, the senator who traveled to the Dominican Republic to have sex with underage girls is lecturing about morals. A pox on New Jersey for sending that filthy piece of excrement to congress. /spit
Menendez thinks the USA rules the world and the dollar is certainly being manipulated in that direction right now.
But can’t we let Israel decide who to vote for.
That’s my attitude.
Clintons, Odumbo and probably others, interfered in Israeli elections in a huge way. Why should Brandon or Menendez do anything different. They only get into a snit about American elections, and even then it’s a snit about made-up BS.
Suggest Sen. Menendez seek what’s best for NJ, and perhaps the United States. Preferably by resigning.
Israel will do just fine without him.
Can’t he have sex with underage boys? Homophobe.
They (democrats)don’t like us voting the way we want either. That’s their MO and they want the rest of the world to do things their way also. They know they would be out of power if we had our say without rigged elections.
Anti-racists are racist
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