A delegation of Biden officials are visiting Muslim and Arab leaders in Michigan today to try to reverse plummeting support for the president over Gaza, but no number of hastily arranged meetings can repair this rift.
Some viewed AIPAC’s role in the Michigan Democratic Party primaries as a proxy war over the issue of Israel within the Democratic party, but the reality is a little more complicated.
Political action committees linked to pro-Israel lobby groups are spending more in Democratic primary elections than ever before. But what are the results?
Polling by Huwaida Arraf, a Democratic House candidate in Michigan, shows that her position of cutting off aid to Israel is not unpopular. “Palestine is a political positive…Attitudes toward military aid to Israel undermine claims by AIPAC that strong support for Israel is ‘good politics… [S]ix in ten (60%) voters under 45 want aid to Israel reduced or ended,” a memo to donors asserts.