The Era of Unconditional U.S. Support for Israel Just Ended. And Rahm Emanuel Flew to Tel Aviv to Say it to Their Faces
By Mario Nawfal
His speech is designed to land like a thunderclap, and the messenger guarantees it does. Emanuel is not a progressive activist. He’s a centrist Democratic establishment figure whose father was born in Jerusalem and fought for Israeli independence. He shared the draft with the Clintons. He’s running for president in 2028.
What he’s saying: U.S. support is now contingent. On Palestinian sovereignty. On rejecting Greater Israel. On having a credible post-war plan. No more military aid; Israel can pay for its own weapons. Sanctions on settlement financiers.
He calls Israel a “pariah” and says decades of American officials “averting their eyes” from Israeli misjudgments are over.
Netanyahu called him a “self-hating Jew” once. Emanuel puts that in the speech. Netanyahu created the enemy now delivering his eulogy for the old relationship.
