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Former Israeli PM Bennett says Israel is seen as a 'leper state' in US
5 August 2025 19:51 BST
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a lengthy post on X on Tuesday that Israel’s reputation in the US is “in collapse”.
Bennett, who served as prime minister from 2021 to 2022 for the New Right Party, launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the far-right Likud Party, accusing them of turning Israel into “a leper state”.
Bennet said Netanyahu's government has fanned the flames of the worst antisemitism he has seen in the US and is mismanaging public relations for Israel.
His comments come after spending 10 days in the US, including New York and Washington, DC, among other places.