The support of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, who left the Democratic Party in 2023, and Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) for Israel has made them the “political haters” of today’s left. He points out that there is. wall street journal William McGahn is popular among Democrats for his anti-Israel stance.
In his op-ed, McGahn analyzed the pro-Israel stance of Kennedy Jr. and Fetterman in contrast to the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel views that are becoming mainstream on the modern left. published Monday:
All are left-wing figures who are increasingly hostile to Israel. Under pressure from the left, both President Biden and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) have backed away from their support for Israel due to unprecedented public criticism of Israel’s elected government and its war effort. It’s weakening. The criticism comes as the criticism came on the eve of an attack in Rafah that Israel sees as essential to root out Hamas’ leadership and destroy its ability to launch new attacks like the one on October 7. The criticism is shocking.
Mr. Fetterman and Mr. Kennedy might have been expected to succumb to progressive pressure. But they didn’t. The question for post-Joe Lieberman Democrats is whether Fetterman and Kennedy’s resistance signals a restoration of support for Israel in American liberalism or a dying last gasp.
The party’s far left has repeatedly called for a ceasefire, and widespread demonstrations and protests have been highlighted, including a flashy and elitist fundraiser for President Joe Biden in New York City on Thursday night.
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Fetterman and Kennedy Jr.’s vocal pro-Israel stance comes as Biden and other establishment politicians engage in anti-Israel campaigns as they try to walk a political tightrope across deep electoral divides. McGahn points out that this support was an anti-Israel movement. The conventional view within the party until recently was as follows.
The positions of Fetterman and Kennedy today make them political haters. A generation ago, they would have been mainstream liberals firmly attached to the Democratic Party’s orbit. But Lieberman lost the last Democratic primary to a left-leaning candidate on foreign policy and died promoting his centrist party, No Labels.
Fetterman, a freshman, will run as a “progressive” populist candidate in 2022 and, as Breitbart News senior editor Joel Pollack pointed out, will defend Israel and support the massacre of 1,200 Israelis. He surprised many by asserting his right to defend Israel in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7. .
On March 25, Vice President Kamala Harris Said ABC News reported that “a major military operation in Rafah would be a big mistake.”
Fetterman quickly rejected the vice president’s position, tweeting, “I totally disagree.”
I totally disagree.
Israel has the right to prosecute Hamas and force it to surrender or eliminate it.
Hamas is responsible for all the innocent deaths due to its despicable acts behind the lives of Palestinians. pic.twitter.com/tbid2eq7P4
— Sen. John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) March 24, 2024
“Israel has the right to prosecute Hamas and force it to surrender or eliminate it,” he added. “Hamas is responsible for every innocent death due to its despicable acts behind the lives of Palestinians.”
In January, pro-Palestinian protesters targeted Fetterman’s Braddock, Pennsylvania home, and the crowd chanted, “Fetterman, Fetterman, you can’t hide. You support genocide.”
Fetterman responded by climbing onto the roof of his home and waving an Israeli flag.
#clock: senator @JohnFetterman Waving an Israeli flag from a rooftop amid jeers from anti-Semitic demonstrators. pic.twitter.com/z3QxVC1irT
— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) January 27, 2024
Kennedy Jr.’s fervent support for the Jewish state is also on full display. In an interview conducted by Reuters And in an article published in the Jerusalem Post in late March, he called Israel a “moral state” and claimed that other countries would “level” their terrorist enemies with “airstrikes.”
Kennedy said:
Any other country that neighbors a neighboring country that has sworn to bomb it with rockets, send in special forces to kill its people, kill and annihilate all of its citizens would destroy that country with airstrikes.
“But Israel is a moral nation. That’s why we didn’t do that. Instead, we built an iron dome to protect ourselves so that we didn’t have to enter Gaza,” he continued, adding that Hamas attacks added that it leaves Israel no choice.
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