Rahm Emanuel: Smart, Slick, and Silent on Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

May 15, 2026 - At a recent Council on Foreign Relations meeting on U.S. foreign policy, Rahm Emanuel, on the long list for the Democratic nomination for president, didn’t mention Gaza, the only international issue that galvanizes Democratic voters, except to say the Trump-Netanyahu strategy didn’t work: “You unilaterally acted in Lebanon and in Gaza, and you got Hezbollah and Hamas.”