Apparently, the election of Barack Obama was not enough for some Israelis.
Prominent far-right activists Itamar Ben Gvir andBaruch Marzel wrote a letter to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuelover the weekend, threatening to protest his upcoming visit to Israel,Army Radio reported on Sunday.
Gvir and Marzel attacked Emanuel’s allegiance to Israel and theJewish nation. “You are like the Hellenists who acted against theIsraeli nation. You advise President Obama against Israel, and inciteand instigate against us. You are a traitor against the entire Jewishpeople,” Army Radio reported, quoting the letter.
Emanuel is due to visit Israel in the coming months to celebrate his son’s bar mitzvah.Emanuel reportedly told the Israeli consul in LosAngeles recently that the Obama administration is fed up with bothIsrael and the Palestinians.
Emanuel told Jacob Dayan, consul general of Israel in Los Angeles,that the United States is sick of the Israelis, who adopt suitableideas months too late, when they are no longer effective. (A truly telling statement in the context of the entire Israeli / Palestinians struggle. — Ed)
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