Trump's upcoming Israel visit puts Netanyahu in a bind: No stranger to controversy, Netanyahu came under heavy criticism early this year when he warned that Arabs were voting "in droves" as he made an urgent election-day plea to supporters. Nearly a fifth of Israel's citizens are Muslim Arabs, and getting too close to Trump could risk triggering renewed accusations of racism.
"Overall, I think the prime minister would be happy if this visit would be canceled," said Alon Pinkas, a former Israeli consul-general in New York.
"It puts him in a somewhat difficult situation obviously, not so much because of what Donald Trump has said previously about Muslims, about Hispanics, about women, about John McCain, but what he may say while standing next to the prime minister," Pinkas said.
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