NEW: As Israeli forces and Hamas continue to exchange fire and @IsraeliPM ignores calls for a cease-fire, experts say his bear-hug with Donald Trump and other authoritarians has left him with little credibility or goodwill among American voters. independent.co.uk/voices/israel-…
“His actions… [have] made more people look with great concern at what we’re seeing there,” said Wisconsin's @repmarkpocan, who has introduced a resolution to block a pending arms sale to Tel Aviv. independent.co.uk/voices/israel-…
“Some of us have concerns because we supported something to stop the killing [i.e. Iron Dome] and then it’s not used in the way I think we intended,” @repmarkpocan explained, referring to Israel's retaliatory strikes. independent.co.uk/voices/israel-…
"If my good friend is getting in a car drunk night after night and putting people in danger on the road, it’s incumbent on me to say to my friend that they’re doing that." @repmarkpocan added. independent.co.uk/voices/israel-…
Ex-White House Global Engagement director @BrettBruen said Netanyahu's credibility with Democrats and some Republicans has been on the decline since his anti-Iran nuclear deal address to Congress in 2015. independent.co.uk/voices/israel-…
"There has been, I think, a sense of imbalance in how Israel — and Netanyahu in particular — has dealt with the United States, and it has cost them when it comes to influence, especially in the ranks of the Democratic Party,” @BrettBruen said. independent.co.uk/voices/israel-…
.@BrettBruen said Netanyahu "wedded himself way too closely to Trump and [former Secretary of State Mike] Pompeo," and predicted that he "is going to quickly find out that his credit in American power circles is getting close to junk bond status.” independent.co.uk/voices/israel-…
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