"Israel-firster" meaning in All languages combined

See Israel-firster on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Israel-firsters [plural]
Etymology: From Israel + firster, influenced by and compared to America First (“American isolationist ideology”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|Israel|firster}} Israel + firster Head templates: {{en-noun}} Israel-firster (plural Israel-firsters)
  1. (informal, somewhat derogatory, politics) A person who places the interests and welfare of the State of Israel above those of the nation in which they reside. Tags: derogatory, informal Categories (topical): Nationalism, Politics, Zionism Related terms: America Firster
    Sense id: en-Israel-firster-en-noun-V3aFSz~h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: government, politics

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          "text": "Former Israel-firster Andrew Sullivan chalked up the likes of Krauthammer as \"victims of Israel Derangement Syndrome.\"",
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          "ref": "2013, Josh Ruebner, Shattered Hopes - Obama's Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace, page 75:",
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          "text": "routinely used the white supremacist anti-Semitic slur \"Israel Firster\" to describe any Jew who was hawkish on Israel.",
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          "text": "On the other, to fail to show sympathy for Palestinians was to out yourself as a heartless tribalist, an Israel-firster.",
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