Many expected Jewish voters to turn away from the Democrat Party in the aftermath of Barack Obama’s sharp tilt away from Israel and towards Moslem nations, particularly Iran.
Andrew Kohut, in a RealClearPolitics article noted that “Republicans are not only politically more supportive of Israel in the Middle East conflict, they are much more likely than Democrats to believe that God gave Israel to the Jewish people. A 2013 Pew Research survey found a 58 percent majority of Republicans holding this view, compared with only 36 percent of Democrats and 42 percent of Independents. Analysis of the survey suggests that this is partly because Republicans are more likely to believe in God than Democrats. But even when the comparison is limited only to people who believe in God, Republicans are still significantly more inclined than Democrats to hold the view that God gave Israel to the Jewish people.”
The Democrat leaderships’ move away from its Jewish supporters coincides with its drift into the hard-left. Progressive Anti-Semitism, often portrayed as anti-Israel or Pro-Palestinian, is broader than the traditional ethnically-based hatred that history is all too familiar with. It contains the seeds of the broader Progressive/Left’s disdain and hatred for all religion. A devotion to religious principles means that individuals see a higher power than government, a belief that the Left, which places the power of government above individual rights, cannot co-exist with.
The reality and political power of modern anti-Semitism in the political Left is clear, and one need look no further than the fact that Keith Ellison, the former Congressman and newly elected Attorney General of Minnesota, served until the recent election as Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee. His past association with anti-Semites, particularly Louis Farrakhan (most recently noted for shouting “Death to America” while visiting Iran) and his statements that U.S. foreign policy is “governed” by Jewish interests, are well known.
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Another newly elected Democrat Congresswoman, New York’s Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, counts herself as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, a group which supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel.
Haaretz reports that “According to a Pew Research Center survey, the percentage of Democrats saying they sympathize more with Israel than the Palestinians has declined from 38 percent in 2001 to 27 percent in 2018 — the lowest level of support on record. Support for Israel further decreased among self-identified “liberal” Democrats from 48 percent in 2001 to 19 percent in 2018. In the same time period, their support for Palestinians rose from 18 percent to 35 percent. Some credit Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with normalizing such criticism of Israel. While the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate defined himself as “100 percent pro-Israel,” he recently called on the U.S. to adopt a more balanced policy toward Israel and the Palestinians. In late March, Sanders’ office posted three videos to social media harshly criticizing Israel for what he deemed its excessive use of force in Gaza and the Trump administration for not intervening during the border clashes. Left-wing activists have also drawn Democratic politicians into Israel controversies. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, a potential 2020 presidential candidate, penned a glowing Time magazine write-up of controversial progressive heroines and Women’s March leaders Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour. Mallory, in a non-apology steeped in intersectional progressive terminology, has since defended her own relationship with Farrakhan following his recent anti-Semitic rants. Sarsour, who argued that Zionism and feminism are incompatible, is a prominent supporter of BDS.”
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