An old Washington DC saying warns: Personnel is policy. And if so, we now have a very good insight into what direction Kamala Harris will take American policy on Israel and Iran. So do the Israelis — and they are not happy about it.
Harris has chosen Ilan Goldenberg as her “Jewish community liaison,” a move covered by Israeli media but barely mentioned in the US. The Atlantic offered it as a nugget in a broader look at a potential Harris presidency foreign-policy plan. They pointed out that Phil Gordon’s presence already points to a more Iran-oriented policy in the Middle East, and Goldenberg fits neatly into that paradigm, having helped construct Barack Obama’s policies as well:
Of course, a President Harris would have not one foreign-policy adviser but a full array of them, spanning the military, diplomatic, and intelligence communities. And one more name has emerged in the past…
