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Naftali Bennett has some nerve to attack the Jewish diaspora's divergence from Israel

It is all very well to blame 'assimilation', but is Israel really the only arbiter of antisemitism abroad?

December 11, 2018 10:43
Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennett
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It takes a certain amount of nerve, even as a politician, to look at a problem and comprehensively reject the possibility that any of it might be your fault.

But then, Naftali Bennett has a lot of nerve.

In an Israeli cabinet meeting on Sunday, Mr Bennett — who holds both the education and diaspora ministerial briefs in Mr Netanyahu’s ramshackle coalition — said there was an “unprecedented crisis” between the Jewish State and the Jewish diaspora.

He said: "They tell us that this is due to issues around the Western Wall, or because of the Palestinian issue or because of other ideological disagreements — but that's not the case.

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