{"id":68065,"date":"2026-03-04T12:59:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/gavin-newsom-likens-israel-to-an-apartheid-state-and-decries-war-on-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:59:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:59:26","slug":"gavin-newsom-likens-israel-to-an-apartheid-state-and-decries-war-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/gavin-newsom-likens-israel-to-an-apartheid-state-and-decries-war-on-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom likens Israel to \u2018an apartheid state\u2019 and decries war on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>California governor was asked if US should rethink military partnership with Israel while promoting his memoir in LA<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gavin Newsom, the Democratic California governor, likened Israel to \u201can apartheid state\u201d on Tuesday in comments sharply critical of the country\u2019s joint war with the US against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom, seen as a frontrunner for his party\u2019s presidential nomination in 2028, made the comment during an appearance in Los Angeles to promote his book, Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery. He was asked if the US should rethink its military partnership with Israel.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/04\/gavin-newsom-israel-apartheid-state-iran-war\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California governor was asked if US should rethink military partnership with Israel while promoting his memoir in LA Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Gavin Newsom, the Democratic California governor, likened Israel to \u201can apartheid state\u201d on Tuesday in comments sharply critical of the country\u2019s joint &#8230; <a title=\"Gavin Newsom likens Israel to \u2018an apartheid state\u2019 and decries war on Iran\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/gavin-newsom-likens-israel-to-an-apartheid-state-and-decries-war-on-iran\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Gavin Newsom likens Israel to \u2018an apartheid state\u2019 and decries war on Iran\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}