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Fact-check: Multiple recent X posts (e.g., from @persianjewess, @HuffPostPol, @HuffPost) and news reports from Guardian, Hollywood Reporter, Politico, and LA Times confirm Gavin Newsom likened Israel to an 'apartheid state' and suggested rethinking US military support during a Los Angeles memoir promotion event moderated by Jon Favreau of Pod Save America on March 4, 2026. The claim is consistently supported across real-time social media and mainstream sources, with no contradictions found.

Gavin Newsom, frontrunner for presidential nomination, likens Israel to ‘apartheid state’

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has compared Israel to an 'apartheid state' and warned that the country's current leadership may lead the US to reconsider its military support. Newsom made the remarks in response to a question about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country's policies, suggesting that they are forcing a debate in the US about Washington's military backing of Israel. The comments were made during an event promoting Newsom's new memoir in Los Angeles.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has likened Israel to an “apartheid state,” warning that the country’s current leadership is pushing the United States towards reconsidering its long-standing military support for its ally. Newsom made the remark when he was asked by the event’s moderator, Pod Save America host Jon Favreau, about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an event in Los Angeles promoting his new memoir. Responding to a question about whether Washington should rethink its military backing of Israel, Newsom suggested that Israeli policies are increasingly forcing that debate in the US. “It breaks my heart, because the current leadership in Israel is walking us down that path where I don’t think you have a choice about that consideration,” he […]]]>

Gavin Newsom, frontrunner for presidential nomination, likens Israel to ‘apartheid state’

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