Progressives Against Israel

For John, BLUF:  I guess as long as it was in danger of being overrun Israel was acceptable, to Progressives, but strong, not so much  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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IT’S OMAR’S PARTY NOW

From Powerling Blog, by Mr John Hinderaker, 21 March 2019.

Here is the lede plus two:

When freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar came out with smears whose anti-Semitic nature couldn’t be denied, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer responded rapidly, with unequivocal denunciation.  But when Pelosi tried to steer a resolution condemning anti-Semitism through the House, her party’s young radicals, who rightly view themselves as representative of the Democrats’ base, rebelled.  Omar and her fellow “progressives” won the day, and Pelosi replaced her anti-Semitism resolution with one so anodyne that Omar happily voted for it.

Yesterday, the arch-leftist group MoveOn denounced the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which has until now enjoyed broad bipartisan support, and urged Democratic presidential candidates to boycott AIPAC’s upcoming conference.  Ilya Sheyman, Executive Director of MoveOn.org Political Action, tweeted:

Ilya Sheyman
@iSheyman
“You cannot be a progressive and support AIPAC because of the policies that they’ve supported.”

And, of course, the Democratic Party 2020 Nominees are Mostly steering clear of AIPAC, which is reason enough to not vote for them.

For the Progressives of the Democratcic Party a question will be if the rank and file will fall in line.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff