An Israeli legislator called the U.S. ambassador to Israel a “little Jew boy.” Lawmaker Tzvi Hendel was criticizing Daniel Kurtzer, who had said Israel was spending money on communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip instead of helping the disabled, according to the Jerusalem Post.
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