A House vote makes it clear: Israel’s support among Democrats is starting to buckle

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A recent House vote reveals that support for Israel among Democrats is weakening, with over 100 Democrats voting to cut military aid. The political shift reflects changing U.S. public opinion and internal divisions within the Democratic party regarding security assistance to Israel.

More than 100 Democrats voted to cut military aid to Israel as US public opinion shifts – Republicans are noticing too Somewhere in the days before Wednesday’s vote, Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, sat down and wrote his caucus a letter urging Democrats to reject an amendment that would strip security assistance to Israel. For most of his tenure as Democratic leader, that kind of internal whipping operation would have been unnecessary, because the outcome would have been assumed. His own second-in-command voted the other way anyway. Continue reading...