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highplainsdem

(48,974 posts)
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 10:24 AM Aug 2017

Haaretz correspondent points out it's taken 3 days for Netanyahu to finally condemn neo-Nazis




After 3 days the Prime Minister of the 1 & only Jewish state finally condemns Charlottesville Neo-Nazi demonstrations



This was Netanyahu's tweet:




Outraged by expressions of anti-Semitism, neo-Nazism and racism. Everyone should oppose this hatred.




Yep. So outraged it took him only 3 days to respond...
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Haaretz correspondent points out it's taken 3 days for Netanyahu to finally condemn neo-Nazis (Original Post) highplainsdem Aug 2017 OP
And he supports a known racist who supports nazis who want to do Iliyah Aug 2017 #1
Bizarre. OnDoutside Aug 2017 #2
Poor bibi is keeping a low profile, trying to stay out of jail on corruption charges. brush Aug 2017 #3
Somehow I don't think that Netanyahu's response or lack of response PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2017 #4
Except, perhaps, to point out the lickspittle hypocrisy of Bibi and his government gratuitous Aug 2017 #8
True. And the Israeli government has always PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2017 #9
Poor Bibi is busy with his fraud case malaise Aug 2017 #5
At some point hatred of the left has surpassed lessons of a tragic history. Nt lostnfound Aug 2017 #6
He had to let Trump say it first marylandblue Aug 2017 #7

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
1. And he supports a known racist who supports nazis who want to do
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 10:35 AM
Aug 2017

the same thing re: WW1 and WW2. This is truly fucked up.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,851 posts)
4. Somehow I don't think that Netanyahu's response or lack of response
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 10:39 AM
Aug 2017

to what happened in Charlottesville matters at all.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
8. Except, perhaps, to point out the lickspittle hypocrisy of Bibi and his government
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 11:19 AM
Aug 2017

It's well past time for Israel to consider new leadership.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,851 posts)
9. True. And the Israeli government has always
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 01:09 PM
Aug 2017

kowtowed to the Orthodox branch of Judaism, which in my opinion is wrong.

The real question is, to what extent does what happened in Charlottesville have any effect on Israel? Little to none, I'd say.

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