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EMANUEL: I Warned Netanyahu in 2009 That Settlement Construction Would Bring “Perpetual Conflict and Isolation”

Former Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel says he warned Prime Minister Netanyahu in 2009 that Israeli settlement construction in Judea and Samaria would “lead to perpetual conflict and isolation.” “If there was a prediction I wanted to be wrong on, that was it,” Emanuel said.

Published July 13, 2026 · 3:32 AM

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