Democrat Support for Israel Is Beginning to Crumble

Hotair ^ | 11/29/2023 | David Strom

[SeekAndFind]

In the wake of the anti-Israel protests that have been fracturing the Democrat base, the expected collapse of Democrat support for Israel is beginning.

As Ed wrote earlier today, the Biden Administration is signaling that its support for Israel is waning, although they insist that it isn’t. They have walked back their tweet that suggested Israel was committing atrocities and that a “permanent” cease-fire should be on the table.

Hamas unleashed a terrorist attack because they fear nothing more than Israelis and Palestinians living side by side in peace.

To continue down the path of terror, violence, killing, and war is to give Hamas what they seek.

We can’t do that.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 28, 2023

“To continue down the path of terror, violence, killing, and war is to give Hamas what they seek.” To my ears, this sounds like Biden is saying that Israel is engaged in terror, violence, killing, and war.

Whether you read it that way or not, it was clear that Biden was suggesting that the war had to stop prior to the elimination of Hamas. While the White House has walked this back, other Democrats are clearly pushing in this direction.

The latest example comes from more than a dozen Democrat Senators who met with Biden at the White House to express their reservations about the level of US support for Israel.

Dem senators tell White House any further assistance to Israel 'must be consistent with our interests'


https://t.co/9JL0aG8gas

— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 29, 2023

On its face, the demand that US support for Israel should be “consistent” with US interests is simply a restatement of the obvious, but clearly, the message is something else: US support for Israel is not consistent with US interests.

That’s rich since the US is bending over backward to aid Iran by reducing sanctions and transferring funds to Iran, whose leaders keep shouting, “Death to America!”

More than a dozen Democratic senators visited the White House this week, where they discussed the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, the impact it has had on Palestinian civilians in Gaza, and what steps the Biden administration would take after the temporary cease-fire expires.

U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Jack Reed, D-R.I., were joined by over a dozen of their Democratic colleagues for a meeting with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday. The named lawmakers then released a statement on Wednesday detailing what was discussed.

According to the statement, the senators condemned the brutal terror attacks by Hamas, expressed support for funds to immediately replenish Israel’s defensive systems, and tasked the White House with detailing its plan to support Israel in a way that advances U.S. interests.

“We continue to support additional assistance to Israel in the aftermath of the brutal Hamas attacks – but we are all in agreement that this assistance must be consistent with our interests and values and used in a manner that adheres to international humanitarian law, the law of armed conflict, and U.S. law,” the Democrats said.

They added: “We need to find a better path toward helping Israel achieve legitimate military and security objectives. U.S. assistance has never come in the form of a blank check – regardless of the recipient.”

It’s pretty clear what they mean: they agree with the progressive criticism of Israel’s conduct of the war, and they want Biden to pressure Israel to change paths, likely to a cease-fire with Hamas before its destruction.

Cracks in the coalition to support Israel have been evident for a while now, and the pressure on Biden will get stronger as we get closer to the election. Democrats are worried that the progressive wing of their party is breaking with Biden’s policy and that it will cost them in the next election.

Jews are, in the end, not that electorally important to Democrats, while young progressives are a key part of their base. While Jews have voted with Democrats consistently, they are concentrated in Blue areas (except Florida, which is now firmly Red anyway).

If it sounds cynical to focus on electoral politics, that’s because it is. Israel clearly has the moral high ground here, but Democrats have been squishy on Israel for a while now, and progressives have developed a genuine hatred for the Jewish state. Combine those two factors, and you have to predict that Democrats will begin to flake off.

What’s not clear is whether Biden has the power to stop Israel from eliminating Hamas, which is obviously an existential threat to the country. In most cases, US pressure would be determinative, but in this one, it likely will not be. Biden may have little choice but to continue supporting Israel as long as he can. The alternative may be a break with Israel, which would shatter the Democrat coalition as older Democrats still support the country.

These are the fruits of pushing the DEI ideology, which has labeled Israel an oppressor and, hence, always wrong.

It’s disgusting, but there it is.

[Eccl 10:2]

Wake me up when Jewish support for Democrats begins to crumble

[Dogbert41]

“And come next November American Jews will still overwhelmingly vote for Democrats. So much for “Never again.””

I get the feeling we are entering into the times the Bible talks about where the jews in the Diaspora return to Israel, like nearly ALL!!!

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

All cowards. Need to see the rest of the list.

If you see the word “squish” in an illustrated dictionary, you will see Von Hollen’s pussy face next to it. No balls, no brains, no guts, 24/7.

[flamberge]

Wake me up when Jewish support for Democrats begins to crumble.

That would be after the last American Jew is hauled away to the "resettlement camps" which the Democrats have prepared for them.

I guess that "Never Again!" was merely a slogan to make people feel better. But it's going to happen again. Maybe this time the Jews will refuse to get on the bus.

[Guenevere]

Did anyone hear the long speech Chuck Schumer gave in the Senate today….

I think the man is truly scared!
He referenced how he marched with different groups, ie BLM, LBG whatever, and others, and stood in solidarity….
and now he feels those very groups he supported are not standing with him or the Jewish people

I am not a Chuck Schumer fan…..not by a long shot……but I could hear the anxiety in his words/ voice

He’s afraid they not only don’t stand with him, but will turn on him!

I couldn’t help but remember the millions of unborn babies he gladly supported in aborting……
….now the evil has come for him

…and soon it will come for Christians

It really is a slippery slope!

[Antoninus]

Dear American Jews - This is what happens when you participate in a fraudulent election. You allow unaccountable, corrupt scum to run the government and give them access to unlimited resources. And no matter how much money you may have, you can’t control unaccountable corrupt scum once they’re in power.

[faithhopecharity]

90+ percent of D voters strongly support our alliance with Jerusalem

the street rabble and IslamoNazi infiltrators/immigrants (paid and deployed by the usual anti-American suspects) maybe 2% know what they’re doing and 8% are their Useful Idiots

but voters are solid ...

[Fraxinus]

I keep saying this is a bit more complicated than many casual observers think. Dems have three reasons to keep the Jews in their coalition, that the progressive street activists ignore (most believe too much of their own BS). 1> Jews are a significant percentage of their donations. 2> Three states are close enough that even a small shift in the Jewish vote can tip them (PA, MI, and AZ). 3> A large percentage of the on the ground electoral machinery is run by Jewish Democrats in those swing state Dem counties.

Then there is the fact that if they lose the old guard Jewish organizations, they lose an important portion of their amen chorus for their calumnies of conservative Republicans.

[TexasFreeper2009]

KKK kill the Jews Democrats doing what they have always done.

[no-to-illegals]

Fake Headline. There was never any democrat support for Israel.

[SauronOfMordor]

What we are seeing is a major crack in the Democrat coalition.

Palestinians are seen as “brown people” and Israelis as “white” by the radical left. The longer the war against Hamas lasts, the deeper the fracture will go.

[SauronOfMordor]

“90+ percent of D voters strongly support our alliance with Jerusalem”

Where do you get that number? Based on what I’m seeing, your information is wildly out of date, with young Democrats being pro-Palestinian.

https://thehill.com/policy/international/4314838-plurality-of-democrats-sympathize-with-palestinians-over-israelis-poll/amp/

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/11/20/politics/polling-democrats-divided-israel-palestine/index.html

https://news.gallup.com/poll/472070/democrats-sympathies-middle-east-shift-palestinians.aspx

[SauronOfMordor]

“He’s afraid they not only don’t stand with him, but will turn on him!”

Jewish Democrats are slowly starting to realize that the intersectionality and hierarchies of oppression that they have promoted as the core of the Leftist agenda is starting to turn on them.

Jews are “privileged white people”, and will be treated as the enemy by the Democrat base, which is increasingly non-white.

[central_va]

90+ percent of D voters strongly support our alliance with Jerusalem

Could you back that up with some links, facts or stats? Thanks.

[central_va]

Jewish Democrats are slowly starting to realize that the intersectionality and hierarchies of oppression that they have promoted as the core of the Leftist agenda is starting to turn on them.

Schadenfreude.

[Sirius Lee]

The dhmoncrap’s inner KKK robes are starting to peak out from under their skirts.

[Guenevere]

Yep!
I’ve read enough Holocaust history to know no matter how prosperous the Jewish citizen you are….how wealthy…..how’ well known….

….it will not be enough!

They will simply take it away from you
I think Schumer is beginning to understand that!

He aligned himself with the wrong side,

[17th Miss Regt]

If the political winds blow the weathervane of poll support in another direction the Dems will be out in the street holding an “Israelis Guilty of Genocide” "Americans, Don't buy from Jews!" and "Jews Get Out!" placards.

More likely outcome.

[dforest]

Sounds like a bunch of hypocrites to me. The US regime and DC clowns love war and pay for people all over the globe to die fighting their wars.

[packrat35]

I predicted this on Day 2, that the US and the world would turn on Israel. It didn’t take a whole week to see the change in attitude and when Israel finally went into Gaza, they totally went all in for Hamas.