Rahm Emanuel: Binyamin Netanyahu is “no Winston Churchill” | The Economist

The whole dispute between the. prime minister [Binyamin Netanyahu]. and I, that comes to the point. that he publicly calls me. a self-loathing Jew, was over. housing in the West Bank. North, on the other side. of the Green Line. I said this is setting up. a set of. inevitability of a policy. that will lead to endless war. If there was ever a prediction. I wanted to be wrong on. that was it. Number two, I do not believe. this is both.

in the interest of the state of Israel. or in the interest of a Jewish. democratic state of Israel, that you have people. running around the West Bank. setting homes on fire, destroying farmland. of the Palestinian people. with the government. being complicit. by being complacent. I don't support that. And it's not in America's interests. And we won't...you want to do that? You're going to pay. full price for that. I can't get you a...listen, let's just take this thing...

the prime minister. in the last three years. has lost Europe, lost America, and you picked up Somaliland. How's that trade? Your academics. and leaders in the science community. can't go anywhere. They can't participate. in international conferences. Your cultural institutions. and artists can't participate. You're isolated. Are you secure strategically? Syria is not what it was before. Gaza’s different. Lebanon is different. You could argue Iran’s different.

Yeah, you’re more. strategically secure. in 78 years. than you've ever been. And you're more. politically isolated. than you have ever been. And that. is no Winston Churchill, Mr Prime Minister.