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US Jews split over their loathing of Trump and love of Israel

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Published: 20 September 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

As two billionaires signal that president’s pro-Israel agenda is outweighed by damage to democracy, Trump is angry that US Jews aren’t cheering more over embassy move

The two US billionaires who love Israel but hate Trump (Times of Israel)
Seth Klarman and Les Wexner seem to signal a hawkish pro-Israel agenda doesn’t justify the damage they feel Trump is doing to America and its democratic institutions

Trump officials reportedly frustrated at US Jews for not cheering embassy move (Times of Israel)
Senior administration official complains, ‘If Obama had transferred the US embassy to Jerusalem, the American Jewish community would have been united in applauding him!’'

Israel's irreconcilable differences with US Jews and the democratic party may soon lead to final divorce (Haaretz)
Netanyahu is accelerating the pace of his country’s estrangement from everyone but ethnocentric and anti-democratic nationalists and xenophobes

Photo US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and US President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump at the Jerusalem embassy inauguration (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
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