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Why Does the Left Hate Israel?
American Greatness ^ | May 19, 2021 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 05/20/2021 10:38:27 AM PDT by Heartlander

As over 3,000 rockets are fired into Israel by Hamas, the establishment of the Democratic Party seems paralyzed over how to respond to the latest Middle East war.

It is not just that they fear that the squad, Black Lives Matter, the shock troops of Antifa, and the woke institutions such as professional sports, academia, and the media are now unapologetically anti-Israel.

They are in terror also that anti-Israelism is becoming synonymous with rank anti-Semitism. And soon the Democratic Party will end up disdained as much as was the British Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn.

The new core of the Democrats, as emblemized by Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), has in the past questioned the patriotism of American Jews who support Israel, and often has had to apologize for puerile anti-Semitic rants.

The Left in general believes we should judge harshly even the distant past without exemptions. Why then, in venomous, knee-jerk fashion, does it fixate on a nation born from the Holocaust, while favoring Israel’s enemies, who were on the side of the Nazis in World War II?

It was not just that the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini, was a Nazi sympathizer. Egypt, for example, welcomed ex-Nazis for their hatred of Jews and their military expertise—whether the infamous death camp doctor Aribert Ferdinand Heim or Waffen-SS henchman Otto Skorzeny. The Hamas charter still reads like it is cribbed from Hitler’s Mein Kampf.

The Left claims it champions consensual government and believes the United States must use its soft power clout to isolate autocracies. But the Palestinian Authority and Hamas refuse to hold free and regularly scheduled elections. If an Israeli strong man ever suspended free elections and ruled through brutality, U.S. aid would be severed within days.

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To: Heartlander

Because they Hate God, Hate Christians, Hate Jews.

So, they cast their own fate.

They serve the father-of-lies. He is frantic to pull all humans down that he can. He knows he is beaten, but wants us to be destroyed.


21 posted on 05/20/2021 11:05:48 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Heartlander

Israel plays such a central role in God’s plan. Leftists hate God. A=B=C


22 posted on 05/20/2021 11:06:13 AM PDT by Kharis13
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To: arthurus

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23 posted on 05/20/2021 11:07:22 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Heartlander

bookmark


24 posted on 05/20/2021 11:08:36 AM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: Heartlander

“The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.”

If you are successful, it is because God has blessed the fruits of your labor and life. It is ridiculous to self-loath because of your success. The proper response is thanksgiving to God, NOT jealousy and enmity to those who are blessed, including yourself. Success enables you to help others. The world view of the Left on this issue is the polar opposite of the correct view. They use their resources and success, NOT to help others, but to consolidate power and oppress others.

Weep with those who weep; rejoice with those who rejoice.


25 posted on 05/20/2021 11:09:36 AM PDT by RatRipper ( Democrats and socialists are vile liars, thdieves and murderers - enemies of good and America.)
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To: Heartlander

Because the Left now hates God

Recall: the 2012 platform had voted to keep God out at first. Only at the last minute was He wedged in.

Now, Bidet didn’t mention Him on the National Day of Prayer in 2021,

https://www.lifenews.com/2012/09/04/democrats-remove-any-mention-of-god-from-dnc-platform/


26 posted on 05/20/2021 11:09:53 AM PDT by combat_boots (Hi God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! )
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To: Heartlander

The Left hates anything and anybody that are self reliant.


27 posted on 05/20/2021 11:10:54 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Identify As Vaccinated)
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To: Vendome

Please listen to this video:

I do not know the source, but the video is authentic and powerful. Watch the expressions on the UN officials.

Ukuhlola @Ukuhlola1 Replying to @RubinReport @parco_de and @SarahKSilverman

OMG... Son of Palestinian leader exposed Hamas in UN and the whole international community was stunned to hear what he said.....!!!!! MUST WATCH...

https://twitter.com/Ukuhlola1/status/1395300713295712259

Mosab Hassan Yousef


28 posted on 05/20/2021 11:12:19 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Vendome

Exactly


29 posted on 05/20/2021 11:12:46 AM PDT by Fledermaus (The Republican Party is DEAD! It took 160 years but The Whigs Struck Back!)
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To: Heartlander

“Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)”

I don’t think AOC is going to go against her two closest comrades.


30 posted on 05/20/2021 11:13:38 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: combat_boots

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31 posted on 05/20/2021 11:17:42 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Heartlander

They hate Israel because it’s a successful, first world nation in the middle east.


32 posted on 05/20/2021 11:18:21 AM PDT by Bones75
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To: Heartlander
Hating Israel, then, has become the surrogate Western way of hating oneself.

VDH may be on to something here. Democrat Jews in the United States who despise Israel have to be self-haters. For the Democrat Party...not so much. Members spend way too much time patting themselves on the back.

Let's use Occam's Razor on this question. Democrats just can't stand Jews.

33 posted on 05/20/2021 11:19:08 AM PDT by stevem
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To: Heartlander

re: “Why Does the Left Hate Israel?”

One word: “God.”

Anyone else get the answer right?


34 posted on 05/20/2021 11:37:50 AM PDT by _Jim (Save babies)
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To: _Jim

I would suggest Jews


35 posted on 05/20/2021 11:38:59 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) History: Pelosi was pitiful vindictive California crone)
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To: Heartlander

totalitarians of a feather


36 posted on 05/20/2021 11:39:24 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: bert

re: “I would suggest Jews”

Restricted, short-sighted answer; Doesn’t get to the ‘root’ of the problem; Avoids dealing with reality ...


37 posted on 05/20/2021 11:42:04 AM PDT by _Jim (Save babies)
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To: albie

The left wing is a suicide cult. The Jewish left doubly so.


38 posted on 05/20/2021 11:56:48 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Heartlander

The Soviets got pissed because they allied with the US and not them...even though they were socialist by nature. USSR wanted to expand their power in the region. The kibbutzes were privatized later on AFAIK.


39 posted on 05/20/2021 12:08:55 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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To: Heartlander

In one word “envy”.


40 posted on 05/20/2021 12:09:08 PM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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