Meanings
plural Israel-firsters · alternative Israel Firster · alternative Israel-Firster
- USderogatoryinformalusuallygovernmentA person who places the interests and welfare of the State of Israel above those of the nation in which they reside, particularly the United States.
Don't pull U.S. into this. You Israel firster should fight your own fights.
2017, Johan Eary, Discussing Israel5 more examples
The ZPC never lost a beat: Israel Firster and Zion-Con fanatic, US Treasury Under Secretary responsible for terrorism and financial intelligence, Stuart Levey, succeeded in convincing China to tighten trade credit ...
2010, James Petras, Zionism, Militarism and the Decline of US Power, page 78Former Israel-firster Andrew Sullivan chalked up the likes of Krauthammer as "victims of Israel Derangement Syndrome."
2011, Norman G. Finkelstein, "This Time We Went Too Far" - Truth and Consequences of the Gaza Invasion, page 177These Benedict Arnold-types willingly collude with a foreign power and plot to damage America by serving that foreign power, the nation of Israel, as undercover spies, saboteurs, and intel agents. To most Jews, their origin of birth is of no consequence. They are Israel-firsters and are traitors.
2012, Edward Hendrie, Bloody Zion, page 132The increasing proximity to the president of this quintessential "Israel firster" most likely played a role in reigning in Obama's initiative to completely freeze Israeli settlements.
2013, Josh Ruebner, Shattered Hopes - Obama's Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace, page 75routinely used the white supremacist anti-Semitic slur "Israel Firster" to describe any Jew who was hawkish on Israel.
2014, Ben Shapiro, Bullies - How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans, page 247
Origin
From Israel + firster, now usually by analogy with America Firster.
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