Scoop: Menendez warns Netanyahu against working with Jewish supremacists

[brooklynite]

Source: Axios

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) during a trip to Israel last month warned Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu that if he forms a government after the Nov. 1 elections that includes right-wing extremists, it could harm U.S.-Israel bilateral relations, according to two sources familiar with the meeting.

Why it matters: Netanyahu recently united several radical right-wing Jewish supremacist parties as part of his effort to consolidate his right-wing bloc and win the November election.

The former Israeli prime minister needs to win a 61-seat majority in the Knesset to form a coalition that could pass laws and take steps to stop his corruption trial.

Including Jewish supremacists in any potential future government could give them a lot of leverage over Netanyahu to push through racist policies.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2022/10/01/israel-election-menendez-netanyahu-jewish-supremacists

[carpetbagger]

1. Menendez is out of touch with current reality.

He's playing a weak hand. Netanyahu's self interest is entirely in maintaining power. Furthermore, recent history shows that his strategy works, Republican presidents give him what they want and he (currently his ideological allies) hold on to those gains. Menendez is the one who wants a bipartisan consensus, and it's long dead.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

2. What did MAGA Bibi promise the radicals?