DeSantis’s vision for Florida and for the United States, and the Netanyahu government’s vision for itself, couldn’t be more compatible.
The Jerusalem Post
This is not the governor’s first trip to Israel in his official capacity. He chose Israel as the setting of his very first cabinet meeting in April 2019. DeSantis proclaimed with pride during his gubernatorial campaign that he would be the “most pro-Israel governor in America.” His close relationships with, and vociferous support for, Israel’s violent settler movement and its government are a testament to that commitment.
The “tolerance” DeSantis intended to applaud in Israel, his repressive notions of “freedom,” like Israel’s, seem to require that ugly histories of racism, settler colonialism, and injustice be whitewashed and built over. The threat posed by DeSantis and by his counterparts in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, cannot be minimized. DeSantis and NetanyahuBut, at the same time, the resistance is strong and principled, and this cannot be underestimated.
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