Posted on 03/04/2026 12:51:00 PM PST by nickcarraway
The California governor made the remarks at an event to promote his new memoir, 'Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery.'
California Governor Gavin Newsom compared Israel to an “apartheid state” and questioned future U.S. military support for the country.
Speaking on stage at an event to promote his new memoir, Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery, Newsom, who is widely expected to enter the 2028 presidential race, was asked by Pod Save America host Jon Favreau about the U.S.-Israel relationship and whether it should be reconsidered. “It breaks my heart, because the current leadership in Israel is walking us down the path where I don’t think you have a choice about that consideration,” Newsom said about the U.S. potentially rethinking its support for Israel.
Newsom’s comments come in light of the devastation in Gaza and the ongoing war with Iran. But also as the Democratic base’s views of Israel have shifted markedly to being negative, so much so that even minor links to the country have become an electoral liability for Dems in primary races.
Newsom was also asked about Israel’s leader Benjamin Netanyahu, someone the governor has publicly slammed on many occasions.
“The issue of [Netanyahu] is interesting,” Newsom said. “He’s got his own domestic issues. He’s trying to stay out of jail. He’s got an election coming up. He’s potentially on the ropes. He’s got folks, the hard line, that want to annex the West Bank. I mean, [Thomas Friedman] and others are talking about [Israel] appropriately as sort of an apartheid state.”
Newsom’s reference to Friedman relates to the New York Times columnist’s consistent warnings that Israel was on the road to becoming an apartheid state. In his latest column, Friendman argues that, ” If the war in Iran enables Netanyahu to win the Israeli elections planned for this year, it will be a major propellant to his efforts to annex the West Bank, cripple the Israeli Supreme Court and make Israel an apartheid state, which would be a major blow to American interests in the region beyond Iran.”
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Saudi Arabia, which is an ally of the U.S. and Israel, does now allow the practice of any religion except Islam. There are no churches, synagogues, or temples there. (There are ruins - both Judaism and Christianity were practiced there before Islam.) Scriptures for any religion are not allowed in public. You may be able to have them privately, but it's dicey.
There no Muslims in Saudi Arabia government. There aren't any members of the royal family that aren't Muslim.
The Consultative Assembly is all appointed by the King. By law, they have to be Muslim. (They have allowed women since 2013.)
I couldn't find out if their were any non-Arabs in the Consultative Assembly.
Israel has 12 members of the Knesset that are Arab. I believe two are Christian and the rest are Muslim, including Druze, if you include that.
So how is Israel and Apartheid, but there other countries aren't?
If you are Muslim, you actually have more rights in Israel than you do in any other country in the Middle East!!
sounds like gavin is getting his talking points from tucker carlson ...
May the Good Lord above have mercy on us, if that Newsome clown ever becomes President.
But he’s stupid, right? Just like black people are!
Gavin is like a roulette wheel—spinning round and round trying to find a winning number.
He could change his mind five times on this issue.
For those of you who think Jooz run the country how would they let him win?
There are a few Jews in CA that might not buy this idiot’s insanity.
If this dude fools the whole US and gets in the WH I’ve a feeling he’d go full BDS and invite CAIR into the dept of war.
If Newsom becomes president we now know what his policy towards Israel will be. Maybe he will select Tucker as Ambassador to Israel? This is why he will never be president!
A nine figure campaign donation could convince Gavin to “revise” his views.
Lol.
He ain’t no ways tired.
Kalifornia is more apartheid than all of those. If you aren’t a lib or flaming idiot/queer you are not in mainstream Kali and they run the state government.
NewScum has come out of his “pretty boy” closet
he turns out to be about as ugly, evil as his OldScum nazicommie mentors
Islam is the second largest religion in Israel. 1.8 million Arabs live, work and practice their religion in Israel. Is there a Muslim country where Jews can do the same?
Tommy Friedman has had a man crush on the saudi prince for several decades now. His anti-Israeli wheeze is not something to be taken seriously. As for Newsom, he seems to be going full brownshirt.
They all have exactly the same rights as all the rest of the citizens.
Probably
And the "mostly peaceful" Tren De Aragua will be his Secret Service detail.
A preview of what his presidency would be. Catastrophic.
Yeah, I don’t get why they think the Joooooooooooooos are running things other than the fact they’ve been conditioned to think that. The oligarchs with the help of their corporations run this world and have successfully managed to convince the weak-minded the Jooooooooooooos are in charge.
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