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Newsweek: Jewish Groups Condemn Trump for Using Israel as a “Shield” to “Echo Talking Points of White Nationalism”
July 16, 2019
By Nicole Goodkind
The Jewish Democratic Council of America, a group that promotes a pro-Israel agenda, also condemned the president’s use of Israel to defend his comments. “President Trump’s justification of his racist diatribe is a transparent attempt to use Israel as a diversion, which we strongly reject,” wrote executive director Halie Soifer in an emailed statement. “Trump has exposed himself as America’s ‘Racist in Chief,’ and Republicans’ silence is complicity in his hateful agenda.”