Biden, Pelosi, Schumer Isolated on Israel as Democrats Rally Around Palestinians

newsweek ^ | 5/14/21 | JASON LEMON

[MarvinStinson]

Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer appear to be at odds with a vocal segment of the Democratic Party that has criticized Israel's actions toward the Palestinians amid the region's escalating conflict.

According to the Associated Press, more than 120 Palestinians have been killed—including 31 children and 20 women. An additional 900 have been injured.

"My expectation and hope is this will be closing down sooner than later," Biden said . "Israel has a right to defend itself when you have thousands of rockets flying into your territory."

Pelosi issued a similar statement on Tuesday. "I condemn the escalating and indiscriminate rocket attacks by Hamas against Israel. Israel has the right to defend herself ."

Schumer has not tweeted or publicly released a statement about the present conflict.

Bernie Sanders slammed "Israeli extremists" and demanded the U.S. government push back against Israel's government.

Rashida Tlaib said Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu should be held responsible for "war crimes." Ayanna Pressley described Israel's treatment of Palestinians as "apartheid."

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted Biden's remarks about Israel's "right to defend itself."

Jewish Voice for Peace, a Jewish-American organization that advocates for Palestinian rights, demanded that Schumer and other lawmakers commit to ending U.S. military support for Israel .

Beth Miller, Jewish Voice for Peace Action's government affairs manager, said the "growing divide" within the political party is "truly unprecedented," crediting the work of the grass-roots Palestinian rights movement.

Fellow progressive Jewish-American group IfNotNow has repeatedly condemned Israel's actions as well. "Every unnecessary death has a story. This violence simply must end. Apartheid must end," the organization tweeted .

[SunkenCiv]

Associated Press keyword, some selections:

• Palestinians to Get Aid From US While They Engage in Armed Clash With Israel [05/15/2021]
• Biden recognizes atrocities against Armenians as genocide [04/24/2021]
• EU Leaders Condemn Hamas Attacks [05/16/2021]
• Israel showed US ‘smoking gun’ on Hamas in AP office tower, officials say [05/16/2021]
• Associated Press CEO Gary Pruitt Confirms the AP Works in a Hamas Operated Facility [05/15/2021]
• H Segal: "how it is that the AP operated there for years in conjunction with Hamas and in fact allowed the forbidden organization to use it as a human shield?" [05/15/2021]
• THE AP GOES SGT. SCHULTZ [05/16/2021]
• Associated Press Claims Ignorance of Hamas in Their Building. Here’s Proof They’re Lying. [05/16/2021]
• Israel reveals 'smoking gun' evidence proving Hamas worked in AP building; reporter contradicts AP president's claims [05/16/2021]
• What the AP’s Collaboration With the Nazis Should Teach Us About Reporting the News [05/16/2021]
• Todd Suggests Israel 'Targeted' Press, Not Hamas With Tower Airstrike [05/16/2021]
• AP’s top editor calls for probe into Israeli airstrike [05/17/2021]
• Did Israeli Soldiers Arrest Palestinian Children For Picking Flowers? [04/01/2021]
• Gaza tower housing AP, Al Jazeera collapses after missile strike - witness [05/15/2021]
• Israel obliterates Gaza headquarters of AP and Al Jazeera… Boom and it’s gone… [05/15/2021]
• DIARY: Shouts, a hurried evacuation, and then the bombs came [05/16/2021]
• Rescuers dig for survivors as Gaza suffers ‘most intense’ bombing (Lamentations, Children, children, children) [05/16/2021]
• Videos Show The Assassination Of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Commander Hisam Abu Harbid – The Attack Turned Him Into A Pancake [05/17/2021]

[GOPJ]

Biden’s just providing cover for the people who hate Israel... This way when we call them out for what they really are they can point to Biden and say, ‘see, he supported Israel’...

BS... Biden’s weakness and full base of antisemites egged Hamas on...

[SJackson]

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[Spok]

I think Democrats just hate every country where there is democracy and freedom. They are so dogmatic nothing about them can really be taken seriously.

[Eleutheria5]

When you have a violin with only one string, you don’t have to get the fingering right. It’ll suck no matter what you do.

[Berosus]

Is it too much to hope that this conflict will be the incident which finally convinces American Jews that the Democrats are no longer their friends?

[Berosus]

I figured she is a Deltan, like the alien featured in the first Star Trek movie.

[Maris Crane]

Oh yes, George Schwartz is a very busy little self-hating Jew.

I see this comment many times, so I’ll join in:

“Why isn’t Mr. Schwartz in jail?”