The deadly attacks on Israel by Hamas militants have reignited Democratic divisions over the Middle East, with many elected officials and leaders in the party vowing unequivocal support for Israel’s right to defend itself while some left-leaning lawmakers have condemned the violence, but urged for both sides to agree to a cease-fire.
over the Middle East, with many elected officials and leaders in the party vowing unequivocal support for Israel’s right to defend itself, while some left-leaning lawmakers have condemned the violence, but urged both sides to agree toThese schisms were on display Sunday night during a candidate forum in California, when three House Democrats running for the U.S. Senate answered questions about Israel.
“The Republican Party has emerged as the Israel right or wrong party, Israel can do no wrong. You’ll find no Republican willing to criticize the Netanyahu government,” said Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former Middle East State adviser in the State Department, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
At a pro-Israel rally in Philadelphia on Monday, Gov. Josh Shapiro, one of the most prominent elected Jewish officials, seemed to rebuff those who have called for an end to violence on both sides.“There is no moral equivalency between Hamas and Israel. We must call out what is right and what is so obviously wrong,” he said.
“Our condemnation lies squarely with terrorists who brutally raped, kidnapped hundreds of Israelis. There can be no equivocation about that. There are not two sides on this,” she said.
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