以色列总统鲁文里夫林周三致电华盛顿最高民主党众议院议长南希佩洛西，向她保证，他的国家并不认为其与美国的关系“依赖于与某一政党的关系”。
这位以色列总统发表声明说，他已向佩洛西通报说，“以色列国与美国之间的关系是人民之间的联系，这种关系依赖于历史关系，深厚而强烈的友谊和共同的价值观，而不依赖于与一个特定政党的关系，“ 以色列时报 报道。尽管该声明没有具体提及唐纳德特朗普总统，但它表示这一呼吁是“在近期事件的背景下”。
里夫林后特朗普的所谓佩洛西controver，他说，在周二SIAL评论“认为投票给民主党的任何犹太人-我认为这表明要么完全缺乏知识或大不忠。” 美国的许多犹太领导人和犹太团体迅速谴责这一评论不仅是不准确的，而且还反犹太主义者，因为它点赞了长期以来被用来妖魔化犹太社区的“双重忠诚”。
尽管受到了严厉的批评，特朗普在周三对记者的评论中加倍了这一言论。
“在我看来，如果你投票支持民主党人，你对犹太人非常不忠诚，而且你对以色列非常不忠诚。只有弱者会说除此之外的其他事情，”总统说。
“民主党离以色列很远，”他补充说。
尽管特朗普的评估，以色列总统和其他以色列领导人不同意，有些人甚至称特朗普的言论是反犹太主义。但是，与特朗普建立了密切关系的以色列右翼总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡迄今为止一直没有回应这些言论。
“我不知道更令人反感的是，美国的反犹太主义声明，唐纳德·特朗普总统还是本杰明·内塔尼亚胡总理的虚伪沉默，”以色列议会议员艾尔曼·奥德说道，以及以色列议会议长据以色列时报报道，哈达什派对。
能源部长Yuval Steinitz告诉以色列电台，以色列政府保持“与民主党和共和党人的良好关系，我们必须继续这样做，” 路透社报道。
犹太裔美国团体和领导人对总统的建议表示愤慨和谴责，即他们对不支持他的政党是不忠诚的。许多人解释说，这一评论来自犹太人具有“双重忠诚”的长期反犹太主义的转义。
“对于美国犹太人社区和民主党来说，特朗普对'双重忠诚'的指责 - 对基督教欧洲开始的犹太人长达几个世纪的反犹主义指控 - 令人震惊。如果他认为他可以恐吓美国犹太人，他就会严重错误估计支持他的选民基础，“犹太人和平之声副主任拉比Alissa Wise在一份发给新闻周刊的电子邮件中说。
“他对犹太人的虚假关注并没有欺骗我们，因为他的行为证明他并不关心犹太人的安全，而是利用犹太人用他的白人民族主义基础来赢得政治观点，”她补充说。
美国犹太民主委员会主席罗恩克莱恩周三在接受美国有线电视新闻网采访时抨击特朗普，指责总统“武器化反犹太主义”。
克莱因说：“我个人厌倦了总统使用煽动暴力的语言。”
根据盖洛普最近的一项民意调查显示，尽管特朗普已经说过，大多数美国犹太人（52％）认定为民主党人，只有16％认定为共和党人。同样的调查发现，绝大多数美国犹太人（71％）不赞成特朗普的总统任期。
ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT CONTRADICTS TRUMP'S 'DISLOYAL' JEWS REMARKS, SAYING TIES 'NOT DEPENDENT' ON ONE POLITICAL PARTY
Israel's President Reuven Rivlin called Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in Washington, on Wednesday to assure her that his country does not see its ties with the United States as "dependent on the relationship with one particular party."
The Israeli president released a statement saying he had communicated to Pelosi that "the relationship between the State of Israel and the United States is a link between peoples, which relies on historical ties, deep and strong friendships and shared values that are not dependent on the relationship with one particular party," The Times of Israel reported. Although the statement did not specifically mention President Donald Trump, it said the call came "against the backdrop of recent events."
Rivlin called Pelosi after Trump's controversial comments on Tuesday in which he said that "any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat — I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty." Many Jewish leaders and Jewish groups in the U.S. were quick to condemn the comment as not only inaccurate, but also anti-Semitic in that it nodded to the "dual loyalty" trope that has long been used to demonize the Jewish community.
Despite significant criticism, Trump doubled down on the remark in Wednesday comments to reporters.
"In my opinion, if you vote for a Democrat you're being very disloyal to Jewish people and you're being very disloyal to Israel. And only weak people would say anything other than that," the president said.
"The Democrats have gone very far away from Israel," he added.
Despite Trump's assessment, Israel's president and other Israeli leaders disagreed, with some even calling out Trump's remarks as anti-Semitic. But, Israel's right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has developed a close relationship with Trump, has thus far avoided addressing the remarks.
"I don't know what is more repugnant, the anti-Semitic statement of U.S, President Donald Trump or the hypocritical silence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu," said Ayman Odeh, a member of Israel's parliament, the Knesset, and head of the Hadash party, according to The Times of Israel.
Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz told Israel Radio that the Israeli government maintains "good relations with both the Democrats and Republicans and we must continue to do so," Reuters reported.
Jewish American groups and leaders have expressed outrage and condemnation at the president's suggestion that they are disloyal for not supporting his political party. Many have explaiend that the comment draws from a long-standing anti-Semitic trope that Jews have "dual-loyalty."