EHUD OLMERT: ‘I hate everything Sheldon Adelson loved about Israel’

Published: 26 January 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Ex PM says Sheldon Adelson contributed to public discourse by fuelling hatred toward elements that did not identify with the extreme Right, and that were unwilling to bear the dominance of settlers

SHELDON ADELSON LOVED ISRAEL and contributed much to a variety of Israeli organizations. And yet, which Israel did he love? Adelson loved an Israel that expels Palestinians from areas under our control. He stated this explicitly on a number of occasions.

Adelson loved an Israel that ignores its Arab citizens and refuses to recognize their equal rights. Adelson believed in a right-wing, nationalistic and fundamentalist Israel, though he himself was not a religious person. He also thought that if Israel had nuclear capability, it should use this power against Iran.

FULL STORY I hate everything Sheldon Adelson loved about Israel (Jerusalem Post)

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