in United StatePoliticians kissed babies, petted dogs, loved baseball, and supported Israel Unequivocally, but this last part is no longer quite what it used to be, as the consensus around support for Israel has collapsed, especially in Democratic Party.
With these sentences, the Middle East Eye website summed up – in an article by Youssef Munir – the state of American support for Israel, noting that interest groups supporting it had never had to intervene openly and forcefully in electoral politics in the way they do today, because their cause enjoyed a great degree of cultural dominance.
The writer started from the success of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).AIPAC) in helping to defeat Cori Bush Pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel groups’ spending has turned the race into one of the most expensive primaries in Parliament In history,” but this was a pyrrhic victory for a lost cause, according to the writer.
noticeable change
The writer commented that AIPAC’s huge spending and the victory of donors to Israel is the latest sign of the decline of their cause in the United States, especially in the Democratic Party, because this boasting of power was not necessary before.
Not long ago, this seemed like a show of force, but anyone who follows politics on this issue in the United States knows that this is not true at all. Never before have pro-Israel interest groups had to intervene so openly and forcefully in electoral politics in this way.
As horrific as Israel’s 2014 war was, it pales in comparison to the 2011 war. Genocide Which has been waged for 10 months, and indeed the world has witnessed over the past two decades a noticeable shift in opinion on this issue among Democrats who have become less sympathetic to Israel over time.
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The beginning of transformation
The author believes that the beginning of the clear and steady decline that would continue over the next decade in support for Israel was between 2014 and 2015, when Israel’s horrific war destroyed vast swaths of civilian infrastructure and killed some 1,500 civilians, most of them women and children. The brutality shown by the Israeli military prompted many Americans to turn away in horror, wondering why their government continued to fund the Israeli military.
But despite the horrific nature of Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza, and its apparent turning point in opinion polls, its impact has been minimal compared to the impact of the current genocidal war, with polls showing that most Democrats believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
Growing international consensus
This is a consensus that the world is increasingly sharing as dozens of countries, such as Brazil AndSpain AndSlovenia AndMexico and others, to the genocide case that was filed by South Africa Against Israel in international justice CourtSo they are trying to fill a gap in the symbolic payment of millions of dollars in campaign donations, but there is a rising wave of anger and disgust at Israeli crimes that will shape the next generation.
The support that Israel once enjoyed in the United States has disappeared, and maintaining what remains of it requires persuasion, which is not easy because it involves support for war crimes. So the era of coercion and repression is what we are rapidly moving into, and it will cost the pro-Israel forces their reputation and will eventually collapse as well.
The writer concluded that the result is that voices like Cori Bush’s will become common in our political class, and people will remember her for standing up bravely for Palestinian rights when many still lacked the political courage to do so.
