As Hillary Clinton and Sarah Hurwitz blame the rising support for Palestine within the Democratic Party on social media, former Obama staffer Ben Rhodes makes clear why Democrats are turning on Israel and what this means for the party moving forward.
Trump’s flawed ceasefire plan has opened a door for Democrats to amend their shameful failure to end the Gaza genocide. But it requires doing something few Democrats have been willing to do: support Palestinian rights.
The Democratic National Committee’s recent summer meeting in Minneapolis showed how the Israel lobby is working to fight increasing support for Palestine among the party’s base, and how it is failing.
The Jewish community and the Democratic Party are being torn apart over their complicity in the Gaza genocide and decades of supporting Palestinian oppression. This overdue reckoning will only be resolved by abandoning Zionism.
International experts confirm famine in Gaza City as Israel’s invasion advances. Reporting from Gaza and U.S. analysis show a human-made catastrophe and rising political costs for Democrats.
Democrats, including those eyeing a 2028 presidential run, are flailing as it becomes clear that supporting Israel is now a political loser. While politicians navigate this new terrain, pro-Israel groups are scrambling to rebuild liberal support.
As support for Israel drops in polls, Democrats are increasingly trying to distance themselves from the Gaza genocide. A common tactic is to place the blame on “the Netanyahu government,” but this ignores Israel’s long history of ethnic cleansing.
Bernie Sanders’s recent resolutions blocking weapons to Israel failed, but analysts say they suggest that Palestine will serve as a litmus test in the Democratic Party going forward.
Rep. Jerry Nadler built a career as a staunch opponent of BDS, but now his endorsement of Zohran Mamdani has left pro-Israel leaders feeling betrayed. It is just another sign of the sea change taking place among Democrats on Palestine.
The New York Times’s shocking race-science investigation into Zohran Mamdani shows the paper will stop at nothing to upend the progressive star. It is a clear sign of how the paper is stuck in the worst muck of the Israel lobby.