Netanyahu on Breitbart, ‘You can't be MAGA if you're anti-Israel.’Iran tried to assassinate Trump twice.
2025-08-31
America first doesn't mean America only. The best way to make America great again is a strong alliance with our best ally, the one who doesn't sneer at us like Europe does.
[YouTube] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “You can’t be MAGA if you’re anti-Israel,” during an interview with Breitbart. John Iadarola, Senator Nina Turner and u discuss on The Young Turks.
Instead of taking the vile Cenk Uygur’s opinion for it, read the Breitbart interview for yourself here. It’s interesting that the entire left side of the mediasphere is having hysterics about the subject using the same phrasing as Mr. Uyger, and also some on the right who clearly did not read the actual interview. Key bits therefrom:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Breitbart News on Wednesday in an exclusive interview that the antisemitism that has grown on the political right is not only anti-Israel, but anti-American and anti-Trump.
Netanyahu addressed the problem he referred to as the “woke right,” which arose as some conservative pundits — including a few who had once been supportive of Israel — opposed Israel in the “12-Day War” against Iran, as well as any American involvement on Israel’s side.
The issue arose in a discussion of antisemitism, which has become familiar on the left in recent years, and is resurgent on the right:
And let me say one more thing — you talked about the “woke right”? Some of these people call themselves MAGA [Make America Great Again]. They’re not MAGA. If you support Iran, Iran tried to kill President Trump twice, not once, but twice. Iran has put a price on his head. … That’s Iran. Iran has murdered, has killed and wounded more Americans, thousands of them, in Iraq and in Afghanistan with their explosive devices. They killed 251 American Marines in Beirut. They bombed American embassies. They burn American flags. They chant, “Death to America.” The first thing they did when this regime took power was to take over 50 hostages in the American embassy.
Iran wants to annihilate the United States. Israel is the best ally of the United States.
Israel is fighting Iran, and you can’t be MAGA if you’re pro Iran, you can’t be MAGA if you’re anti-Israel. President Trump understands this, and he stands very strongly with us. And I, you know, I really appreciate the straightforward and courageous way that he he faces people, sometimes in his own constituency, because that’s what leaders, from time to time, have to do.
Since taking office, Trump has launched the most aggressive campaign against antisemitism in American history, focusing on university campuses but also fighting anti-Jewish hatred in the media and in politics.
Related: For perspective on Mr. Uygur, a Facebook Reel addressing one of his recent tweets on Israel can be seen here.