Gavin Newsom activates Israel with blistering assault on ‘apartheid’ state

Gavin Newsom has turned on Israel as he launched a blistering assault on Benjamin Netanyahu and what he referred to as an “apartheid” state.

The California governor made the comparability throughout a guide occasion for his memoir, “Younger Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery,” on Tuesday evening.

He stated: “The problem of [Netanyahu] is attention-grabbing. He’s received his personal home points. He’s attempting to remain out of jail. He’s received an election arising. He’s probably on the ropes.

“He’s received of us, the laborious line, that wish to annex the West Financial institution. I imply, [Thomas Friedman] and others are speaking about [Israel] appropriately as kind of an apartheid state.”

Newsom, who stated in September of final 12 months that he had a “deep reverence” for Israel, took the leftist flip in opposition to the nation whereas the US works with Netanyahu over the bombings in Iran.

He hedged when requested about whether or not America ought to rethink its army help for Israel, saying it “breaks my coronary heart.”

However he added that Netanyahu and others are “strolling us down that path the place I don’t suppose you’ve a selection about that consideration.”

Newsom later mocked Israel’s makes an attempt at regime change in Iran, which resulted within the demise of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

“We’re speaking about regime change?” Newsom stated. “For 2 years, they haven’t even been capable of resolve the Hamas query in Israel.”

The California Democrat is a 2028 presidential contender hoping to spice up his standing forward of the approaching primaries.

Stances on Israel and Palestine rocked the 2024 presidential election, and plenty of contenders, like Newsom, need the lots to know the place they stand.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who misplaced to President Donald Trump in 2024 partially because of an indecisive Israel-Palestine stance, stayed nuanced on the difficulty late final 12 months.

When requested whether or not Israel dedicated genocide in Gaza, she stated individuals ought to “step again and ask this query and be sincere about it, yeah.”

The Put up reached out to Newsom for additional remark.

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