00:00Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel appears to be making an early play for the 2028 Democratic
00:04presidential primary, and he's doing it by shifting on Israel and pandering to the far
00:10left. Speaking in Tel Aviv, Emanuel called for an end to what he described as America's blind
00:15support of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Your government has been complicit
00:20in the horrors now being inflicted on innocent families in the West Bank.
00:25That undermines your international legitimacy as a small nation at a time when you can least
00:32afford it. He argued the U.S. has done Israel no favors by standing silently behind Netanyahu's
00:38policies, which he said he believes has left the Jewish state increasingly isolated. Emanuel also
00:43called for an end to the longstanding practice of providing billions of dollars in U.S. military
00:48aid to Israel, saying that the country is wealthy enough to purchase American weapons just like
00:52other allies. He even suggested sanctions against illegal West Bank settlements and renewed his
00:58support for a Palestinian state as part of a broader regional peace agreement. Critics say the former
01:03Obama chief of staff is trying to appeal to the Democratic Party's insurgent progressive wing,
01:08which has grown increasingly critical of Israel at the risk of alienating pro-Israel voters.
