(JEWISH GROUP) Josh Shapiro calls Netanyahu's denial of starvation 'abhorrent', urges Trump to 'flood the zone' With Gaz [View all]

Josh Shapiro calls Netanyahu’s denial of starvation ‘abhorrent’, urges Trump to ‘flood the zone’ With Gaza aid

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of international hunger reports “abhorrent” and “wrong,” a signal of how far Israel’s government has drifted from the Jewish Democratic establishment Shapiro exemplifies.

Shapiro, speaking Tuesday at a press conference in Lancaster, has been a prominent critic of pro-Palestinian protesters since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks and the subsequent war in Gaza.

It was “quite abhorrent what Prime Minister Netanyahu said roughly a week or so ago when he said, ‘there is no starvation in Gaza.’ He is wrong,” Shapiro said. “I think the rhetoric coming from Prime Minister Netanyahu only creates less stability and security for Israel.”

Shapiro’s accusation that Netanyahu is further isolating Israel’s standing in the international community come as more mainstream Democrats who once avoided public criticism of Israeli policy are now speaking out amid the worsening starvation crisis.

The remarks by Shapiro, who is perhaps the party’s most recognizable Jewish leader — his Shabbat observance was a feature of his 2022 campaign, and he routinely quotes Jewish scripture — suggests how deep the tensions run between Democrats and Israel’s government, extending to the party’s Jewish establishment.

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