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At Last, Zion, late political commentator Dr. Charles Krauthammer referred to world Jewry as having two solar systems: one in Israel and one in America. Krauthammer argued that what we are seeing between American Jewry’s relationship with Israel is the beginning of abandonment and neglect. WhileÂ
At Last, Zion was published over 20 years ago, its message bears repeating. As anti-Israel lawmakers increase in numbers, American Jewry’s unwillingness to confront their anti-zionist rhetoric underscores the growing disaffection that Krauthammer had been alluding to for years.
For some, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s appointment as Vice Chair of the House Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs and Human Rights is proof that the Democratic Party not only openly accepts anti-Semites within its ranks but rewards their behavior by granting them powerful positions. While this may be true, many within the American Jewish community sat
kind of pressure that s greater than what the nra and the president is doing on these members to get them to move. and that maybe means unelecting a few of them. may i add something? yeah. i would like to agree with mike and add something. i served in congress 16 years. michael knows as well. i can t tell you how many republican members of congress i would speak to that would say personally they support strengthening background checks or banning cop-killer bullets but they feared the far right backed by gun supporters. when he they fear what happens in schools more than they fear what happens in a primary, maybe we ll see some action. something that s ricochetting around the political atmosphere here, when you hear from congresswomen omar and tlaib today. they ll respond first time together to all the rhetoric and what we re seeing with the president s tweets, trying to
israel s decision to deny entry to congresswomen omar and talib has opened up a new rift that could change the relationship between the u.s. and israel. joining me now, christopher dickey, world news editor with the daily beast and msnbc contributor, and christopher, what was behind israel s decision, and was it really at president trump s urging? well, what s really behind it is a couple of election campaigns. the most imminent is netanyahu for prime minister. he wasn t able to form a government because he s facing indictments and he wants the new government to be formed in a way so he won t have to face judgment. he s doing anything and everything he can to pull out the stops and get far right wing support. then president trump weighed in on that, and said, you know, this would be a real sign of weakness, if you let in these two horrible congresswomen. but it s all backfiring because, in fact, netanyahu looks craven
representatives omar and tlaib on israel but denying them entry to israel is a mistake. being blocked is what they hoped for all along in order to bolster their boycott of the israeli state. i think the senator is right there, poppy, and this issue in the last 24 hours has put the israeli government and president trump on one side of the issue and members of congress in both parties as well as you and song min said, members of jewish organizations across the political spectrum on the other side of the issue at least for the moment because people are looking at this and saying as senator rubio did that even though he disagrees with congresswoman tlaib and omar on how to prove forward with the