One of my ironclad rules of journalism is this: When you see an elephant flying, don’t laugh, don’t doubt, don’t sneer — take notes.
Something very new and important is happening and we need to understand it.
Last week, I saw an elephant fly: The Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer — an authentic, lifelong supporter of Israel — gave a speech calling on Israelis to hold an election as soon as possible in order to dump Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right cabinet.
And it produced predictable responses from the Jewish right (Schumer is a traitor), from Netanyahu (Israel is “not a banana republic”) and from cynics (Schumer’s just cozying up to the Democratic left).
All predictable responses, and all wrong responses.
Persons:
don’t, Chuck Schumer, Israel —, Benjamin Netanyahu, Schumer, Israel, “, Netanyahu, Netanyahu —, Biden
Organizations:
Democratic
Locations:
Netanyahu, cynics, U.S