Rahm Emanuel

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The New Yorker Radio Hour · Rahm Emanuel Says Israel’s Path Is “Not Sustainable Politically” · 17 Jul 2026 podcast

The bulk of the conversation was, tell me about when you were mayor of Chicago, things like that.

What's the combination to the law?

It's a big job.

So when he walks in, I said to him, I said, so who's going to hate this more, AOC or my rabbi?

And he started laughing.

And I said, and I've listened to my rabbi sermon.

I prefer my rabbi sermons, okay?

Last 20 minutes of an hour and a half, we got to the Middle East and I said, because being mayor of New York, like Chicago, you do do foreign policy.

I said to him, I said, look, I'm going to be clear to you.

The river to the sea will never happen because you're calling for the elimination of a Jewish democratic state and the Jewish people.

Now, I don't believe in a greater Israel.

because it means it will be never ever the self-determination of palestinian people and the greater israel meaning the annexation of the west bank and gaza yes and i said the difference between you and i is i'm at least i want to acknowledge the palestinian people's right to self-determination you don't want to acknowledge the state of israel or the jewish people but but how did he reply to you but i have to uh i haven't really thought about it in about a year uh

I think he was in the receptive mode.

We didn't get into an argument because I don't think he, I think he probably made a decision.

No, I mean, he didn't do that, but we didn't, listen, when you ask me, how do I differentiate?

There are elements in the Democratic Socialists and maybe even activists in the Democratic Party that do not believe in the state of Israel.

I, at least in my own view, support something you're advocating, which I happen to think is in Israel's interest, which is the Palestinian people will finally have a homeland.

They have to spend money.

And part of my visit was what I call health care diplomacy.

We'll get to that maybe in this conversation of how to build that up.

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