Some of it is about Israel, some of it is Islamophobia over and above anything having to do with Israel, some of it is just "this guy is making us look bad."
But a lot of it is that he is not one of "our guys" and a lot of "our guys" are really angry that they won't get invitations to the annual ball.
The ball is where you get to do corruption, too. This is a metaphor.
