From the Liveblog of
Sunday, April 3, 2016
PM: I never expressed concern over GOP ‘anti-Muslim rhetoric’
PM Netanyahu denies expressing concern over “anti-Muslim rhetoric” emanating from some candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination his office.
The denial is a response to claims by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) on Virginia radio that both Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in January that they “were very worried about some of the anti-Muslim rhetoric coming out of some of the candidates.”
“Prime Minister Netanyahu is very careful to avoid even the appearance of preference among American presidential candidates,” says the statement from Netanyahu’s office. “In his meeting with Senator Kaine and his colleagues, Prime Minister Netanyahu did not express any opinion about the candidates or any of their positions.”
— Haviv Rettig Gur
The Times of Israel Community.