Though the pro-Gantz Democrats and pro-Netanyahu Republicans equally support Israel’s war aims in the Middle East and its brutal oppression of the Palestinians, the Republicans have jumped on the recent mild and belated criticism of the genocidal campaign in Gaza by Chuck Schumer and Biden administration officials as a wedge issue to peel Jewish voters and donors away from the Democrats. Coupled with likely defections from Democrats to the left of the party establishment, the Palestine issue could well tip the balance in November’s presidential and congressional elections. The pro-Republican bias was evident at last week’s AIPAC convention and in the coverage by the Jewish-American media of the manufactured frenzy by Republican leaders at Schumer’s criticism of Netanyahu, portrayed as an abandonment of Israel.
See “AIPAC Talking Points Revealed”, The American Prospect, March 14 2024 (https://prospect.org/world/2024-03-14-aipac-talking-points-revealed/) and “Immediate backlash to Schumer saying Netanyahu ‘obstacle’ to peace”, Jewish News Syndicate, March 14 2024 (https://www.jns.org/large-backlash-to-schumer-calling-netanyahu-peace-obstacle/) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29459): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29459 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/104956808/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
