Philip Weiss (Mondoweiss)
Sheldon Adelson in the Wall Street Journal sees the same trend we've been pointing out for years: the leftwing base is getting educated on Israel and doesn't like the special relationship. He was alarmed by the floor demonstration at the Democratic Convention when party leaders railroaded a platform plank calling Jerusalem the capital of Israel. Adelson:
So why did I leave the party? ...[T]he truth is the Democratic Party has changed in ways that no longer fit with someone of my upbringing.
One obvious example is the party's new attitude toward Israel. A sobering Gallup poll from last March asked: "Are your sympathies more with the Israelis or more with the Palestinians?" Barely 53% of Democrats chose Israel, the sole liberal democracy in the region. By contrast, an overwhelming 78% of Republicans sympathized with Israel.
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