Hagel in 2010: Netanyahu ‘Radical,’ Israel to be Apartheid State

Those concerned by United States Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel’s views on Israel saw another reason to fear with the publication on Wednesday of Hagel’s statements from a 2010 meeting with university students. Hagel reportedly said that Israel is becoming an “apartheid state,” and dismissed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as “a radical.” Hagel’s statements were revealed by a student who was present at the event. Former student Kenneth Wagner shared an email he wrote during Hagel’s talk with the Washington Free Beacon.