This whole kerfuffle has nothing to do with race as Jews happen to come in every color and from every continent -the issue is internal to Jewish identity: Netanyahu once married a women who converted to Judaism but not through Orthodox protocol, and this is because Netanyahu himself is not an Orthodox Jew who takes the Torah & Talmud seriously, He is a secular nationalist and has been a vocal supporter of non-Orthodox conversions being accepted by the State of Israel as valid grounds for allowing people to become Israeli citizens. The Orthodox establishment is using this Norwegian girlfriend as an opportunity to attack Netanyahu for is position because they want to make sure all converts accepted into the Jewish nation are done so through Orthodox protocol. They know Netanyahu is not Orthodox and that his son isn’t either so they are assuming that an Orthodox conversion won’t happen, and thus, this Norwegian gal won’t be a valid (Orthodox) Jewess if she does decide to convert.
None of the politicians you cite reject the Ethiopian Jewish community even though Ethiopian Jews are racially more distant to other Jewish Israelis than are Arab Palestinians or Syrians. The Ethiopian Jews are accepted as Jews by Orthodox Rabbis nonetheless because of their ancient religious heritage.
This whole kerfuffle has nothing to do with race as Jews happen to come in every color and from every continent -the issue is internal to Jewish identity: Netanyahu once married a women who converted to Judaism but not through Orthodox protocol, and this is because Netanyahu himself is not an Orthodox Jew who takes the Torah & Talmud seriously, He is a secular nationalist and has been a vocal supporter of non-Orthodox conversions being accepted by the State of Israel as valid grounds for allowing people to become Israeli citizens. The Orthodox establishment is using this Norwegian girlfriend as an opportunity to attack Netanyahu for is position because they want to make sure all converts accepted into the Jewish nation are done so through Orthodox protocol. They know Netanyahu is not Orthodox and that his son isn’t either so they are assuming that an Orthodox conversion won’t happen, and thus, this Norwegian gal won’t be a valid (Orthodox) Jewess if she does decide to convert.
None of the politicians you cite reject the Ethiopian Jewish community even though Ethiopian Jews are racially more distant to other Jewish Israelis than are Arab Palestinians or Syrians. The Ethiopian Jews are accepted as Jews by Orthodox Rabbis nonetheless because of their ancient religious heritage.