Newsom Says U.S. Military Support For Israel Should Be Reconsidered: 'It Breaks My Heart'

The California governor made his remarks during a speaking event Tuesday in Los Angeles to promote his new memoir.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) on Tuesday said critics have “appropriately” described Israel as an “apartheid state” and argued that the current leadership under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given the U.S. no choice but to reconsider its military support.

His comments came after Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that President Donald Trump “preemptively” bombed Iran on Saturday because the administration “knew” impending Israeli strikes on Iran would trigger “an attack against American forces.”

Newsom was speaking at an event in Los Angeles to promote his new memoir, “Young Man in a Hurry,” when moderator and “Pod Save America” podcast co-host Jon Favreau asked whether the U.S. should rethink militarily assisting Israel at some point “down the road.”

“It breaks my heart, because the current leadership in Israel is walking us down that path where I don’t think you have a choice about that consideration,” said Newsom, according to multiple major news outlets and footage from the event published on social media.

Fellow moderator and “Pod Save” co-host Tommy Vietor had asked about sentiment recently shifting against “the Netanyahu regime” — noting that “a lot of Democrats” are starting to feel “it’s time to rethink the U.S. relationship with Israel.”