Amid many Americans' plummeting support for Israel, potential Democratic presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday took aim at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Emanuel, who is Jewish and a longtime defender of Israel, appears to have changed his tune and is now cautioning that the alliance between the U.S.and Israel "cannot stand or survive as it’s been."The former White House Chief of Staff to then-President Barack Obama and one-time Chicago mayor who later served as U.S.
ambassador to Japan in the Biden administration, issued the tough-love message for America's increasingly isolated ally amid its ongoing military operations in Gaza against Hamas.His message was blunt: unconditional U.S.support for Israel needs to end and Israel needs to make major changes if it wants to keep America as its top ally.HEAD HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS REPORTING ON ISRAELRahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate and longtime defender of Israel speaks in Tel Aviv University, Israel , Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
(Ariel Schalit/AP Photos)"The hard truth is that America’s silence for years has engendered the worst of your domestic politics.We’ve done you no favors by averting our eyes," Emanuel argued during his more than 30-minute address at the University of Tel Aviv, the centerpiece of his trip to Israel this week.And pointing to Netanyahu, Emanuel argued that America's "unconditional support has produced a prime minister who has presumed that his strategic interests would incur no cost if he ignored America’s concerns.""I came here from Chicago to tell you directly where things need to head if we are to maintain the historic alliance between two democracies.
Without question the alliance is at a crossroads," he said.NETANYAHU REJECTS REPORTS OF A RIFT WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, SAYS THE TWO REMAIN ALIGNED ON IRANA horrific Hamas sneak attack on Oct.7, 2023, killed roughly 1,200 people in Israel.
The continued Israeli response over the past two an...