In an interview with Politico, New York's Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul was asked if her job would get easier if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu loses his country's elections which took place yesterday:
A lot easier. And here’s the challenge: I represent the largest Jewish population in the world outside of Israel. And I know they’re suffering. A lot of people are anxious about antisemitism, which is sky-high right now. And I take that personally, because I represent everyone. I went to Israel right after Oct. 7. I saw a lot of pain there. But I actually cautioned the government there, in private conversations, not to overreach. The world is with you when it comes to the brutal assault by a terrorist organization known as Hamas on innocent Israeli people. An overreach could change that dynamic, and that’s what’s happened. We have to have leadership there that understands the security of Israel is paramount — critically important to me, but also the world — but to have a safe Palestinian state as well, which has been talked about my entire life. I still believe that this can happen. I believe we have to get people of goodwill who can make this happen, and as long as Netanyahu is sitting there, that is not in his interest to do that. It’s just not, and it won’t happen.
Hochul is simply wrong.
For starters, it is not for her to say who should win Israel's elections any more than it is for President Trump who recently endorsed Netanyahu.
Who forms Israel's next government is up to Israelis and only Israelis.
But let's say that opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot becomes Israel's next Prime Minister.
How that make her job any easier?
Does Hochul think NYC Mayor Mamdani will suddenly stop singling out Israel because Eisenkot becomes Prime Minister?
Does Hochul think Eisenkot becoming Prime Minister will ease the dogma of the pro-Nakba crowd at Columbia University?
Does Hochul think that anti-Semitic attacks in and around NYC synagogues will suddenly cease because Netanyahu is suddenly no longer Prime Minister?
If antipathy towards Israel didn't cease during the 18 months Netanyahu was out of office when the Arab List's Mansour Abbas held the balance of power between Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid then why would the antipathy cease if he leaves office once more?
Hochul says she supports a two-state solution and chides Bibi for not wanting one. With whom should Israel negotiate this two-state solution? Hamas? Or Mahmoud Abbas who cancelled Palestinian elections yet again?
Frankly, Hochul should be more concerned about her re-election campaign even if she is leading Republican Bruce Blakeman by 14 points. The polls can always be wrong.
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