I've heard Democratic leaders – senior leaders – saying that President-elect Donald Trump is anti-Semitic. So it is fair to assume that these leaders are not pleased with Binyamin Netanyahu’s ” target=”_blank”>said: “I’m not a referee.” The right answer – but Israel, whether it likes it or not – is suddenly asked to be a referee in determining the level of anti-Semitism in the American political arena. Why Israel? Because of two reasons: One – Israel has convinced the world (the annoyance of Jewish leaders worldwide disregarded) that it is indeed the Jewish State and the weightiest voice of the Jewish people. Two – American Jewish leaders were not convincing in making claims pertaining to the supposed sins of the Trump team – because too many of them seemed politically inclined to indict Trump without ever giving him the benefit of the doubt.
Not that Israel can be trusted to be the fair judge of anti-Semitic tendencies in American administrations. In the last fews weeks it seems that Israel has clearly calculated that serving as the detergent of the Trump administration would be beneficial for it. A few weeks ago, Israel’s ambassador to Washington, Ron Dermer, ” target=”_blank”>made my decision a while ago).
