Current sectionIsrael NewsHaaretz TodayHaaretz Today At an unprecedentedly fragile time in relations between many U.S. Jews and Israel, Netanyahu's desire to appoint an eye-poppingly far-right conspiracy theorist and annexationist as consul general in New York is truly sadisticShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeEsther Solomon07:58 PM • May 27 2026 IDTBenjamin Netanyahu has turned a corner in his relations with American Jews. No, not to even pretend to rebuild ties with the liberal majority, but to spit in their faces.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Haaretz Today NewsletterCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesIran DealHamasIDF-LebanonAbraham AccordsTrump-UCLACaroline GlickHaQuizHaaretz PodcastNetanyahu Won't Stop Spitting in American Jews' FacesHow the Netanyahu Government Is Sneaking Through Settlement Tax BreaksPentagon Leaks Signal U.S. Effort to Blame Israel for Risks of Renewed Iran WarIDF Says Entire South Lebanon 'Combat Zone,' Urges Residents to Evacuate7-year-old Allegedly Shot Dead Accidentally by Father in Arab-Israeli TownRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFreed Gaza Flotilla Activists Report Sexual Abuse, Rape in Israeli CustodyFormer Israeli Soldier Dies by Suicide in Miami at Age 23'It Was Okay to Be Crazy': IDF Soldiers Discuss Moral Decay in LebanonNetanyahu's Promises of Victory in Iran End in a Glorious U.S. CapitulationWill Trump Forgive Netanyahu Over Iran? The Emerging Deal Suggests NotOn Israel, Gaza and Palestine, Bigmouth Tucker Carlson Spoke Nothing but Truth