Seymour Flops
Diamond Member
The left faces a reckoning as Israel divides Democrats
The divide on the left about Israel is not new, but it has never been so visible.
www.nbcnews.com
It appears that the divide is between the entrenched leadership in the Democratic Party, and it's second most reliable base: College age liberals.
Democratic officials remain overwhelmingly supportive of Israel and President Joe Biden has pledged unwavering support. But a growing portion of the party’s base has come to view Israel as the chief villain in the conflict, a colonial oppressor of Indigenous people, going far beyond the “pro-Israel, pro-peace” vision long espoused by center-left (and often Jewish-led) groups to advocate for a peaceful resolution for both Israelis and Palestinians.
In March, Gallup reported that, for the first time since it began asking the question, Democratic voters are now more sympathetic toward Palestinians than Israelis, with a particularly steep drop in net sympathy for Israelis among young voters.
So long as there are Jews criticizing Israel, those young voters will be impervious to charges of anti-Semitism.
That is very bad news for a party whose incumbent president finds himself unable to decisively distance himself in the polls from his chief rival, who is under several indictments for 91 counts of criminal charges.
If they lose the young college-age voters, they will only have the black voter base to rely on. How long before BLM's support for Hamas and the Palestinians erode that base as well?