Longtime Democratic official Rahm Emanuel issued a stark warning to thousands of Jewish communal leaders Sunday night, urging them not to expect 2028 presidential candidates to visit Israel as his former boss, Barack Hussein Obama, did during the 2008 campaign.
Speaking at the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly kickoff in Washington, Emanuel used an ice cream analogy to drive home his point about the crowded Democratic primary field ahead.
“If in 2024 the Democrats didn’t have a choice, in 2028 it’s going to be like Baskin-Robbins. There’s gonna be, like, 31 flavors. Some of us are gonna be chocolate mint. Nobody is going to Jerusalem,” Emanuel said. “Nobody is leaving America to go travel to Jerusalem. That’s the politics. And it’s not just in the Democratic primary.”
Emanuel, who served as Obama’s White House chief of staff and later as U.S. ambassador to Japan, called on attendees to confront shifting political dynamics surrounding Israel and to build a more robust argument for the U.S.-Israel alliance.
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