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Dana Milbank: Dear Israel, Please dump Netanyahu. Your friend, America.

Washington • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in his stunning acquiescence last week to President Trump’s wish that Israel bar entry to two Democratic members of Congress, shows he has no qualms with interfering in U.S. politics.

So he shouldn’t mind when Americans offer political advice to Israelis. Here’s mine: Dump this guy in next month’s election. He is rapidly destroying the 71-year-old U.S.-Israel alliance — if he hasn’t doomed it already.

Last week's denial to U.S. lawmakers who criticize Israel may have been Netanyahu's most egregious provocation, but it was the latest of many.