There are now about 25 candidates running for the Democrat nomination for president in 2020. Amazingly, of these candidates only two condemned the major rocket attack on Israel by the terrorists in Gaza. The barrage of about 800 missiles killed 4, injured nearly 100 and caused damage to homes, hospitals, schools and factories. A million or so Israelis spent most of last weekend in bomb shelters. But only senator Booker and governor Hickenlooper took the time to condemn this attack on Israel.
Sadly, it seems that the anti-Semitic left or at least the anti-Israel left has such a big presence in the Democrat party that none of the front runners thought it appropriate to mention this terrorist attack and then to condemn it as unacceptable. Instead, the voice of the Democrats on this issue came mostly from anti-Semites like Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib who blamed Israel for the terrorist attacking them. Candidates like Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris were too scared of offending the vocal anti-Semites to do the right thing and condemn a terrorist attack.
For decades, American Jews have supported the Democrats. There's even an old joke how the Reform Judaism movement consists of Democrat party politics with holidays. That may change. Most Jews aren't going to rush to supporting the Republicans just because the main candidates didn't condemn a terror attack on Israel. One event just won't do it. As the rising tide of anti-Semitic bigotry among the far left continues to build, however, many Jews will wake up. We may get to 2020 and watch the Democrats surprised to see that their big majority in the Jewish community has evaporated.
Sadly, it seems that the anti-Semitic left or at least the anti-Israel left has such a big presence in the Democrat party that none of the front runners thought it appropriate to mention this terrorist attack and then to condemn it as unacceptable. Instead, the voice of the Democrats on this issue came mostly from anti-Semites like Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib who blamed Israel for the terrorist attacking them. Candidates like Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris were too scared of offending the vocal anti-Semites to do the right thing and condemn a terrorist attack.
For decades, American Jews have supported the Democrats. There's even an old joke how the Reform Judaism movement consists of Democrat party politics with holidays. That may change. Most Jews aren't going to rush to supporting the Republicans just because the main candidates didn't condemn a terror attack on Israel. One event just won't do it. As the rising tide of anti-Semitic bigotry among the far left continues to build, however, many Jews will wake up. We may get to 2020 and watch the Democrats surprised to see that their big majority in the Jewish community has evaporated.
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