The left need to understand Israel has been a majority rightwing country for over 25 years now.
Supporting Israel and their involvement in US politics, is supporting the international rightwing. Helping the global right into power makes no sense for any leftist party seeking power. It makes no sense for the left internationally.
Nearly three-quarters of Israelis view President Donald Trump as a better-than-average U.S. president for Israel’s interests
…and those Israelis who can afford it, donate to lobby in the US. So we’ve seen a consistent tactical error by the establishment left who fund and support Israel. Democrats funding Israel don’t help Israelis become more left leaning, democrats who fund and support Israeli lobbying are helping boost the rightwing.
Ultimately political solidarity is international. So there’s no reason the global left should be funding the right. It’s political and financial suicide.
[Please note: “International left” and “International right” is not a euphamism for some Jewish conspiracy theory. I’m talking about how leftwing parties/organization should try to fund and protect other leftwing organizations/countries. “International” here means global solidarity with one side/direction of politics or the other.]
The left need to understand Israel has been a majority rightwing country for over 25 years now.
The left DOES understand that.
Problem is that the majority of people don’t realize that the leadership of the Dems are ALSO right wing, and have been since before the Clintons moved into the White House.
Helping the global right into power makes no sense for any leftist party
True, but it makes perfect sense for a Neoliberal-led party, like the US Dems. In many ways, including foreign policy, they’re to the right of Reagan.
There’s nothing such as “establishment left” in most Western countries, and the countries whose political establishment does have a leftwing element (i.e. Spain) do tend to be tougher on Israel.
It means the nominal left of a two party system: Establishment (as in the established two party system, not as in widely recognized as the actual left).
The left need to understand Israel has been a majority rightwing country for over 25 years now.
It’s kind of the same view as billionares corporations etc… “yes we know they are giving far more to our opponents than us… but do you want them to give ALL of it to them instead”.
The other (non pelosi endorsed) Dem in that general has called what Israel is doing a flat out genocide despite himself being Jewish…
Edit:
Scott Weiner
https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/22/scott-wiener-jewish-caucus-gaza-israel-resigns/
So has Connie Chan, and unlike Wiener, she’s not some shitty “moderate” – the fucking last thing this sinking ship needs right now.
Want to know how I know she said that? Because it’s in the subheader of the article we’re talking about.
Connie Chan, endorsed by Nancy Pelosi to succeed her in California, says she will vote to ‘end a genocide in Gaza’.
He neither support BDS and neither full arms embargo
He said it later than her.
He’s also the guy who tried to prevent students in California from being able to express 1A rights and protest Israel. Yes, Israel, not antisemitism.
Chan is much much better.
Full embargo embargo.
Pelosi: “Wait, what the fuck?”
