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In my understanding, generally, right-wing politicians are hard on immigration and foreign people in general. This typically goes well with anti-semitism, too. (See Nazis / Neo-Nazis). Heck, at least in the US, this also goes along with evangelical beliefs seemingly.



But, how is it, that generally, in the US, right-wing politicians are pro Israel, at least traditionally?



Note: President Trump may have brought somewhat of a twist here, but I am talking not about persons here, but the right wing in general. This might exclude some ultra-right wing. Feel free to address this in your answer. (I put the alt-right tag as well as the republican one, but you do not need to stick on either of it exclusively)



Note also: I am coming from a central european background, so my understanding of US politics may affected by this.










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    Curious, why the note about Trump? He's if anything more pro-Israel than average for US presidents.

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In my understanding, generally, right-wing politicians are hard on immigration and foreign people in general. This typically goes well with anti-semitism, too. (See Nazis / Neo-Nazis). Heck, at least in the US, this also goes along with evangelical beliefs seemingly.



But, how is it, that generally, in the US, right-wing politicians are pro Israel, at least traditionally?



Note: President Trump may have brought somewhat of a twist here, but I am talking not about persons here, but the right wing in general. This might exclude some ultra-right wing. Feel free to address this in your answer. (I put the alt-right tag as well as the republican one, but you do not need to stick on either of it exclusively)



Note also: I am coming from a central european background, so my understanding of US politics may affected by this.










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    Curious, why the note about Trump? He's if anything more pro-Israel than average for US presidents.

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In my understanding, generally, right-wing politicians are hard on immigration and foreign people in general. This typically goes well with anti-semitism, too. (See Nazis / Neo-Nazis). Heck, at least in the US, this also goes along with evangelical beliefs seemingly.



But, how is it, that generally, in the US, right-wing politicians are pro Israel, at least traditionally?



Note: President Trump may have brought somewhat of a twist here, but I am talking not about persons here, but the right wing in general. This might exclude some ultra-right wing. Feel free to address this in your answer. (I put the alt-right tag as well as the republican one, but you do not need to stick on either of it exclusively)



Note also: I am coming from a central european background, so my understanding of US politics may affected by this.










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In my understanding, generally, right-wing politicians are hard on immigration and foreign people in general. This typically goes well with anti-semitism, too. (See Nazis / Neo-Nazis). Heck, at least in the US, this also goes along with evangelical beliefs seemingly.



But, how is it, that generally, in the US, right-wing politicians are pro Israel, at least traditionally?



Note: President Trump may have brought somewhat of a twist here, but I am talking not about persons here, but the right wing in general. This might exclude some ultra-right wing. Feel free to address this in your answer. (I put the alt-right tag as well as the republican one, but you do not need to stick on either of it exclusively)



Note also: I am coming from a central european background, so my understanding of US politics may affected by this.







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    Curious, why the note about Trump? He's if anything more pro-Israel than average for US presidents.

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    Curious, why the note about Trump? He's if anything more pro-Israel than average for US presidents.

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Curious, why the note about Trump? He's if anything more pro-Israel than average for US presidents.

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  1. Americans on the Right tend to be Evangelical Christians. As Jerusalem is holy to Christians (as well as being central to several Christian prophecies), there is a decently broad base of Christians who support Israel. This is evidenced by the demographic that tends to tour Israel




    At the moment, with security worries since the last Gaza war eased, the industry is booming. A record breaking 3.6 million people visited Israel in 2017, up 25 per cent from 2016 and the first time the number of visitors has ever exceeded the three million mark, according to tourism minister Yariv Levin.



    Of those tourists, almost 800,000 were American, and a growing proportion of those are evangelical Christians. The year before last, the most recent for which figures are available, put the figure at 13 per cent.





  2. While the US military is broad in its political views, the Right tends to view self defense as important. Thus many Right military members support Israel's right to defend itself




    Yet while Israel is hardly perfect, its response to the Great Return March is necessary and prudent. Under no circumstances can it allow Hamas to breach its border fence. Nor can it hold its foreign policy (including the location of foreign embassies) hostage to threats of Palestinian terror or Palestinian riots. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, and it will be the capital of Israel in any peace settlement. The only way Jerusalem will not be the Israeli capital is that Israel ceases to exist.





What's probably confusing about this is that once you move out of a more centrist Right, and into the Alt Right or Far Right, religious views tends to diminish, and thus anti-Semitism can grow there (remember, Jesus Christ was a Jew). It's in these areas you find such fringes as Neo Nazis, skinheads and other hate groups.






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    I disagree with the claim that "Americans on the Right tend to be Evangelical Christians". ECs are only a fraction of "the right". (Depending of course on just how you define "the right".) There are many (and not just on the right) who range from not particularly religious to complete agnostic or non-Christian. From my POV, the problem is in understanding why anyone would NOT basically support Israel, basically from your right of self-defense point. The only explanation seems to be the left's automatic bias in favor of anyone with darker skin and/or non-European ethnicity.

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    To assume that the left's only reason to not support Israel is reflexive bias towards minorities sounds a lot like an Intellectual Dark Web talking point. There are a lot of very, very valid reasons. Legal, historical and moral why someone on the left would not support Israel. To state that the only explanation is "bias in favor of anyone with darker skin and/or non-European ethnicity" is simply willful ignorance and shows that no attempt has been made to listen to their arguments or positions whatsoever.

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Political support for Israel is bi-partisan and has been for decades. There's very little daylight between Democrats and Republicans regarding Israel. There are many reasons for bi-partisan support for Israel, Ilhan Omar clumsily spoke about recently, but primarily it is due to direct and indirect financial support for people that support AIPAC's platform, or financial support and/or grooming for political opponents of politicians who do not sufficiently support AIPAC's platform.



Members of AIPAC have been pretty open about their influence and power on many occasions.



https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/07/04/real-insiders



https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=bQHXJ4JzxV4C&pg=PT221&lpg=PT221&dq=charles+percy+%E2%80%9Cincurred+AIPAC%E2%80%9Ds+wrath%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=AQdojkdymF&sig=ACfU3U1ujV7Qc71h47rg043bBjqygcJ0zA&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=charles%20percy%20%E2%80%9Cincurred%20AIPAC%E2%80%9Ds%20wrath%E2%80%9D&f=false
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/john-mearsheimer/the-israel-lobby



https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/opinion/friedman-newt-mitt-bibi-and-vladimir.html?_r=1&ref=opinion



https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-04-16-0204160300-story.html



https://www.thenation.com/article/ady-barkan-aipac-ilhan-omar/



As Machavity pointed out, the Republican party is basically the party of white identity politics, Christian Evangelical fundamentalists, and private concentrated wealth. The Christian evangelical element loves Israel because they believe it is key in their end times prophecy. White identity politics constituents like Israel's unapologetic stance regarding Muslims, private concentrated wealth, particularly in defense contractors and petro chemical companies also benefit from America's current middle east foreign policy, so its no surprise that support for Israel is rising among Republicans.



The question about Democratic support for Israel is a bit more complicated than the Republicans. Bi partisan support is eroding, and the parties younger, more progressive base is less supportive of Israel than its older, more hawkish members. The party has traditionally enjoyed wide support from America's Jewish demographic, which has traditionally been more socially liberal and progressive regarding gay rights, racial equality and other liberal issues. It has also had strong cultural ties with Israel and seemingly has trouble reconciling its own liberal, progressive values, with an Israeli state that is becoming increasingly far right, and allied with the Republicans. Its party leaders have undoubtedly sought the financial support of the Israel lobby, Haim Saban "I'm a one issue guy, and that issue is Israel" was one of the Clinton's biggest donors. So as Omar so crudely put it, it really does seems to be about the Benjamins.






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    1. Americans on the Right tend to be Evangelical Christians. As Jerusalem is holy to Christians (as well as being central to several Christian prophecies), there is a decently broad base of Christians who support Israel. This is evidenced by the demographic that tends to tour Israel




      At the moment, with security worries since the last Gaza war eased, the industry is booming. A record breaking 3.6 million people visited Israel in 2017, up 25 per cent from 2016 and the first time the number of visitors has ever exceeded the three million mark, according to tourism minister Yariv Levin.



      Of those tourists, almost 800,000 were American, and a growing proportion of those are evangelical Christians. The year before last, the most recent for which figures are available, put the figure at 13 per cent.





    2. While the US military is broad in its political views, the Right tends to view self defense as important. Thus many Right military members support Israel's right to defend itself




      Yet while Israel is hardly perfect, its response to the Great Return March is necessary and prudent. Under no circumstances can it allow Hamas to breach its border fence. Nor can it hold its foreign policy (including the location of foreign embassies) hostage to threats of Palestinian terror or Palestinian riots. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, and it will be the capital of Israel in any peace settlement. The only way Jerusalem will not be the Israeli capital is that Israel ceases to exist.





    What's probably confusing about this is that once you move out of a more centrist Right, and into the Alt Right or Far Right, religious views tends to diminish, and thus anti-Semitism can grow there (remember, Jesus Christ was a Jew). It's in these areas you find such fringes as Neo Nazis, skinheads and other hate groups.






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      I disagree with the claim that "Americans on the Right tend to be Evangelical Christians". ECs are only a fraction of "the right". (Depending of course on just how you define "the right".) There are many (and not just on the right) who range from not particularly religious to complete agnostic or non-Christian. From my POV, the problem is in understanding why anyone would NOT basically support Israel, basically from your right of self-defense point. The only explanation seems to be the left's automatic bias in favor of anyone with darker skin and/or non-European ethnicity.

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      To assume that the left's only reason to not support Israel is reflexive bias towards minorities sounds a lot like an Intellectual Dark Web talking point. There are a lot of very, very valid reasons. Legal, historical and moral why someone on the left would not support Israel. To state that the only explanation is "bias in favor of anyone with darker skin and/or non-European ethnicity" is simply willful ignorance and shows that no attempt has been made to listen to their arguments or positions whatsoever.

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    1. Americans on the Right tend to be Evangelical Christians. As Jerusalem is holy to Christians (as well as being central to several Christian prophecies), there is a decently broad base of Christians who support Israel. This is evidenced by the demographic that tends to tour Israel




      At the moment, with security worries since the last Gaza war eased, the industry is booming. A record breaking 3.6 million people visited Israel in 2017, up 25 per cent from 2016 and the first time the number of visitors has ever exceeded the three million mark, according to tourism minister Yariv Levin.



      Of those tourists, almost 800,000 were American, and a growing proportion of those are evangelical Christians. The year before last, the most recent for which figures are available, put the figure at 13 per cent.





    2. While the US military is broad in its political views, the Right tends to view self defense as important. Thus many Right military members support Israel's right to defend itself




      Yet while Israel is hardly perfect, its response to the Great Return March is necessary and prudent. Under no circumstances can it allow Hamas to breach its border fence. Nor can it hold its foreign policy (including the location of foreign embassies) hostage to threats of Palestinian terror or Palestinian riots. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, and it will be the capital of Israel in any peace settlement. The only way Jerusalem will not be the Israeli capital is that Israel ceases to exist.





    What's probably confusing about this is that once you move out of a more centrist Right, and into the Alt Right or Far Right, religious views tends to diminish, and thus anti-Semitism can grow there (remember, Jesus Christ was a Jew). It's in these areas you find such fringes as Neo Nazis, skinheads and other hate groups.






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      I disagree with the claim that "Americans on the Right tend to be Evangelical Christians". ECs are only a fraction of "the right". (Depending of course on just how you define "the right".) There are many (and not just on the right) who range from not particularly religious to complete agnostic or non-Christian. From my POV, the problem is in understanding why anyone would NOT basically support Israel, basically from your right of self-defense point. The only explanation seems to be the left's automatic bias in favor of anyone with darker skin and/or non-European ethnicity.

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      To assume that the left's only reason to not support Israel is reflexive bias towards minorities sounds a lot like an Intellectual Dark Web talking point. There are a lot of very, very valid reasons. Legal, historical and moral why someone on the left would not support Israel. To state that the only explanation is "bias in favor of anyone with darker skin and/or non-European ethnicity" is simply willful ignorance and shows that no attempt has been made to listen to their arguments or positions whatsoever.

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    1. Americans on the Right tend to be Evangelical Christians. As Jerusalem is holy to Christians (as well as being central to several Christian prophecies), there is a decently broad base of Christians who support Israel. This is evidenced by the demographic that tends to tour Israel




      At the moment, with security worries since the last Gaza war eased, the industry is booming. A record breaking 3.6 million people visited Israel in 2017, up 25 per cent from 2016 and the first time the number of visitors has ever exceeded the three million mark, according to tourism minister Yariv Levin.



      Of those tourists, almost 800,000 were American, and a growing proportion of those are evangelical Christians. The year before last, the most recent for which figures are available, put the figure at 13 per cent.





    2. While the US military is broad in its political views, the Right tends to view self defense as important. Thus many Right military members support Israel's right to defend itself




      Yet while Israel is hardly perfect, its response to the Great Return March is necessary and prudent. Under no circumstances can it allow Hamas to breach its border fence. Nor can it hold its foreign policy (including the location of foreign embassies) hostage to threats of Palestinian terror or Palestinian riots. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, and it will be the capital of Israel in any peace settlement. The only way Jerusalem will not be the Israeli capital is that Israel ceases to exist.





    What's probably confusing about this is that once you move out of a more centrist Right, and into the Alt Right or Far Right, religious views tends to diminish, and thus anti-Semitism can grow there (remember, Jesus Christ was a Jew). It's in these areas you find such fringes as Neo Nazis, skinheads and other hate groups.






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    1. Americans on the Right tend to be Evangelical Christians. As Jerusalem is holy to Christians (as well as being central to several Christian prophecies), there is a decently broad base of Christians who support Israel. This is evidenced by the demographic that tends to tour Israel




      At the moment, with security worries since the last Gaza war eased, the industry is booming. A record breaking 3.6 million people visited Israel in 2017, up 25 per cent from 2016 and the first time the number of visitors has ever exceeded the three million mark, according to tourism minister Yariv Levin.



      Of those tourists, almost 800,000 were American, and a growing proportion of those are evangelical Christians. The year before last, the most recent for which figures are available, put the figure at 13 per cent.





    2. While the US military is broad in its political views, the Right tends to view self defense as important. Thus many Right military members support Israel's right to defend itself




      Yet while Israel is hardly perfect, its response to the Great Return March is necessary and prudent. Under no circumstances can it allow Hamas to breach its border fence. Nor can it hold its foreign policy (including the location of foreign embassies) hostage to threats of Palestinian terror or Palestinian riots. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, and it will be the capital of Israel in any peace settlement. The only way Jerusalem will not be the Israeli capital is that Israel ceases to exist.





    What's probably confusing about this is that once you move out of a more centrist Right, and into the Alt Right or Far Right, religious views tends to diminish, and thus anti-Semitism can grow there (remember, Jesus Christ was a Jew). It's in these areas you find such fringes as Neo Nazis, skinheads and other hate groups.







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      I disagree with the claim that "Americans on the Right tend to be Evangelical Christians". ECs are only a fraction of "the right". (Depending of course on just how you define "the right".) There are many (and not just on the right) who range from not particularly religious to complete agnostic or non-Christian. From my POV, the problem is in understanding why anyone would NOT basically support Israel, basically from your right of self-defense point. The only explanation seems to be the left's automatic bias in favor of anyone with darker skin and/or non-European ethnicity.

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      To assume that the left's only reason to not support Israel is reflexive bias towards minorities sounds a lot like an Intellectual Dark Web talking point. There are a lot of very, very valid reasons. Legal, historical and moral why someone on the left would not support Israel. To state that the only explanation is "bias in favor of anyone with darker skin and/or non-European ethnicity" is simply willful ignorance and shows that no attempt has been made to listen to their arguments or positions whatsoever.

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      I disagree with the claim that "Americans on the Right tend to be Evangelical Christians". ECs are only a fraction of "the right". (Depending of course on just how you define "the right".) There are many (and not just on the right) who range from not particularly religious to complete agnostic or non-Christian. From my POV, the problem is in understanding why anyone would NOT basically support Israel, basically from your right of self-defense point. The only explanation seems to be the left's automatic bias in favor of anyone with darker skin and/or non-European ethnicity.

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      To assume that the left's only reason to not support Israel is reflexive bias towards minorities sounds a lot like an Intellectual Dark Web talking point. There are a lot of very, very valid reasons. Legal, historical and moral why someone on the left would not support Israel. To state that the only explanation is "bias in favor of anyone with darker skin and/or non-European ethnicity" is simply willful ignorance and shows that no attempt has been made to listen to their arguments or positions whatsoever.

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    I disagree with the claim that "Americans on the Right tend to be Evangelical Christians". ECs are only a fraction of "the right". (Depending of course on just how you define "the right".) There are many (and not just on the right) who range from not particularly religious to complete agnostic or non-Christian. From my POV, the problem is in understanding why anyone would NOT basically support Israel, basically from your right of self-defense point. The only explanation seems to be the left's automatic bias in favor of anyone with darker skin and/or non-European ethnicity.

    – jamesqf
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    I disagree with the claim that "Americans on the Right tend to be Evangelical Christians". ECs are only a fraction of "the right". (Depending of course on just how you define "the right".) There are many (and not just on the right) who range from not particularly religious to complete agnostic or non-Christian. From my POV, the problem is in understanding why anyone would NOT basically support Israel, basically from your right of self-defense point. The only explanation seems to be the left's automatic bias in favor of anyone with darker skin and/or non-European ethnicity.

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    To assume that the left's only reason to not support Israel is reflexive bias towards minorities sounds a lot like an Intellectual Dark Web talking point. There are a lot of very, very valid reasons. Legal, historical and moral why someone on the left would not support Israel. To state that the only explanation is "bias in favor of anyone with darker skin and/or non-European ethnicity" is simply willful ignorance and shows that no attempt has been made to listen to their arguments or positions whatsoever.

    – Icarian
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    To assume that the left's only reason to not support Israel is reflexive bias towards minorities sounds a lot like an Intellectual Dark Web talking point. There are a lot of very, very valid reasons. Legal, historical and moral why someone on the left would not support Israel. To state that the only explanation is "bias in favor of anyone with darker skin and/or non-European ethnicity" is simply willful ignorance and shows that no attempt has been made to listen to their arguments or positions whatsoever.

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    Political support for Israel is bi-partisan and has been for decades. There's very little daylight between Democrats and Republicans regarding Israel. There are many reasons for bi-partisan support for Israel, Ilhan Omar clumsily spoke about recently, but primarily it is due to direct and indirect financial support for people that support AIPAC's platform, or financial support and/or grooming for political opponents of politicians who do not sufficiently support AIPAC's platform.



    Members of AIPAC have been pretty open about their influence and power on many occasions.



    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/07/04/real-insiders



    https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=bQHXJ4JzxV4C&pg=PT221&lpg=PT221&dq=charles+percy+%E2%80%9Cincurred+AIPAC%E2%80%9Ds+wrath%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=AQdojkdymF&sig=ACfU3U1ujV7Qc71h47rg043bBjqygcJ0zA&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=charles%20percy%20%E2%80%9Cincurred%20AIPAC%E2%80%9Ds%20wrath%E2%80%9D&f=false
    https://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/john-mearsheimer/the-israel-lobby



    https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/opinion/friedman-newt-mitt-bibi-and-vladimir.html?_r=1&ref=opinion



    https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-04-16-0204160300-story.html



    https://www.thenation.com/article/ady-barkan-aipac-ilhan-omar/



    As Machavity pointed out, the Republican party is basically the party of white identity politics, Christian Evangelical fundamentalists, and private concentrated wealth. The Christian evangelical element loves Israel because they believe it is key in their end times prophecy. White identity politics constituents like Israel's unapologetic stance regarding Muslims, private concentrated wealth, particularly in defense contractors and petro chemical companies also benefit from America's current middle east foreign policy, so its no surprise that support for Israel is rising among Republicans.



    The question about Democratic support for Israel is a bit more complicated than the Republicans. Bi partisan support is eroding, and the parties younger, more progressive base is less supportive of Israel than its older, more hawkish members. The party has traditionally enjoyed wide support from America's Jewish demographic, which has traditionally been more socially liberal and progressive regarding gay rights, racial equality and other liberal issues. It has also had strong cultural ties with Israel and seemingly has trouble reconciling its own liberal, progressive values, with an Israeli state that is becoming increasingly far right, and allied with the Republicans. Its party leaders have undoubtedly sought the financial support of the Israel lobby, Haim Saban "I'm a one issue guy, and that issue is Israel" was one of the Clinton's biggest donors. So as Omar so crudely put it, it really does seems to be about the Benjamins.






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      Political support for Israel is bi-partisan and has been for decades. There's very little daylight between Democrats and Republicans regarding Israel. There are many reasons for bi-partisan support for Israel, Ilhan Omar clumsily spoke about recently, but primarily it is due to direct and indirect financial support for people that support AIPAC's platform, or financial support and/or grooming for political opponents of politicians who do not sufficiently support AIPAC's platform.



      Members of AIPAC have been pretty open about their influence and power on many occasions.



      https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/07/04/real-insiders



      https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=bQHXJ4JzxV4C&pg=PT221&lpg=PT221&dq=charles+percy+%E2%80%9Cincurred+AIPAC%E2%80%9Ds+wrath%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=AQdojkdymF&sig=ACfU3U1ujV7Qc71h47rg043bBjqygcJ0zA&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=charles%20percy%20%E2%80%9Cincurred%20AIPAC%E2%80%9Ds%20wrath%E2%80%9D&f=false
      https://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/john-mearsheimer/the-israel-lobby



      https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/opinion/friedman-newt-mitt-bibi-and-vladimir.html?_r=1&ref=opinion



      https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-04-16-0204160300-story.html



      https://www.thenation.com/article/ady-barkan-aipac-ilhan-omar/



      As Machavity pointed out, the Republican party is basically the party of white identity politics, Christian Evangelical fundamentalists, and private concentrated wealth. The Christian evangelical element loves Israel because they believe it is key in their end times prophecy. White identity politics constituents like Israel's unapologetic stance regarding Muslims, private concentrated wealth, particularly in defense contractors and petro chemical companies also benefit from America's current middle east foreign policy, so its no surprise that support for Israel is rising among Republicans.



      The question about Democratic support for Israel is a bit more complicated than the Republicans. Bi partisan support is eroding, and the parties younger, more progressive base is less supportive of Israel than its older, more hawkish members. The party has traditionally enjoyed wide support from America's Jewish demographic, which has traditionally been more socially liberal and progressive regarding gay rights, racial equality and other liberal issues. It has also had strong cultural ties with Israel and seemingly has trouble reconciling its own liberal, progressive values, with an Israeli state that is becoming increasingly far right, and allied with the Republicans. Its party leaders have undoubtedly sought the financial support of the Israel lobby, Haim Saban "I'm a one issue guy, and that issue is Israel" was one of the Clinton's biggest donors. So as Omar so crudely put it, it really does seems to be about the Benjamins.






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        Political support for Israel is bi-partisan and has been for decades. There's very little daylight between Democrats and Republicans regarding Israel. There are many reasons for bi-partisan support for Israel, Ilhan Omar clumsily spoke about recently, but primarily it is due to direct and indirect financial support for people that support AIPAC's platform, or financial support and/or grooming for political opponents of politicians who do not sufficiently support AIPAC's platform.



        Members of AIPAC have been pretty open about their influence and power on many occasions.



        https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/07/04/real-insiders



        https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=bQHXJ4JzxV4C&pg=PT221&lpg=PT221&dq=charles+percy+%E2%80%9Cincurred+AIPAC%E2%80%9Ds+wrath%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=AQdojkdymF&sig=ACfU3U1ujV7Qc71h47rg043bBjqygcJ0zA&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=charles%20percy%20%E2%80%9Cincurred%20AIPAC%E2%80%9Ds%20wrath%E2%80%9D&f=false
        https://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/john-mearsheimer/the-israel-lobby



        https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/opinion/friedman-newt-mitt-bibi-and-vladimir.html?_r=1&ref=opinion



        https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-04-16-0204160300-story.html



        https://www.thenation.com/article/ady-barkan-aipac-ilhan-omar/



        As Machavity pointed out, the Republican party is basically the party of white identity politics, Christian Evangelical fundamentalists, and private concentrated wealth. The Christian evangelical element loves Israel because they believe it is key in their end times prophecy. White identity politics constituents like Israel's unapologetic stance regarding Muslims, private concentrated wealth, particularly in defense contractors and petro chemical companies also benefit from America's current middle east foreign policy, so its no surprise that support for Israel is rising among Republicans.



        The question about Democratic support for Israel is a bit more complicated than the Republicans. Bi partisan support is eroding, and the parties younger, more progressive base is less supportive of Israel than its older, more hawkish members. The party has traditionally enjoyed wide support from America's Jewish demographic, which has traditionally been more socially liberal and progressive regarding gay rights, racial equality and other liberal issues. It has also had strong cultural ties with Israel and seemingly has trouble reconciling its own liberal, progressive values, with an Israeli state that is becoming increasingly far right, and allied with the Republicans. Its party leaders have undoubtedly sought the financial support of the Israel lobby, Haim Saban "I'm a one issue guy, and that issue is Israel" was one of the Clinton's biggest donors. So as Omar so crudely put it, it really does seems to be about the Benjamins.






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        Political support for Israel is bi-partisan and has been for decades. There's very little daylight between Democrats and Republicans regarding Israel. There are many reasons for bi-partisan support for Israel, Ilhan Omar clumsily spoke about recently, but primarily it is due to direct and indirect financial support for people that support AIPAC's platform, or financial support and/or grooming for political opponents of politicians who do not sufficiently support AIPAC's platform.



        Members of AIPAC have been pretty open about their influence and power on many occasions.



        https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/07/04/real-insiders



        https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=bQHXJ4JzxV4C&pg=PT221&lpg=PT221&dq=charles+percy+%E2%80%9Cincurred+AIPAC%E2%80%9Ds+wrath%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=AQdojkdymF&sig=ACfU3U1ujV7Qc71h47rg043bBjqygcJ0zA&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=charles%20percy%20%E2%80%9Cincurred%20AIPAC%E2%80%9Ds%20wrath%E2%80%9D&f=false
        https://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/john-mearsheimer/the-israel-lobby



        https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/opinion/friedman-newt-mitt-bibi-and-vladimir.html?_r=1&ref=opinion



        https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-04-16-0204160300-story.html



        https://www.thenation.com/article/ady-barkan-aipac-ilhan-omar/



        As Machavity pointed out, the Republican party is basically the party of white identity politics, Christian Evangelical fundamentalists, and private concentrated wealth. The Christian evangelical element loves Israel because they believe it is key in their end times prophecy. White identity politics constituents like Israel's unapologetic stance regarding Muslims, private concentrated wealth, particularly in defense contractors and petro chemical companies also benefit from America's current middle east foreign policy, so its no surprise that support for Israel is rising among Republicans.



        The question about Democratic support for Israel is a bit more complicated than the Republicans. Bi partisan support is eroding, and the parties younger, more progressive base is less supportive of Israel than its older, more hawkish members. The party has traditionally enjoyed wide support from America's Jewish demographic, which has traditionally been more socially liberal and progressive regarding gay rights, racial equality and other liberal issues. It has also had strong cultural ties with Israel and seemingly has trouble reconciling its own liberal, progressive values, with an Israeli state that is becoming increasingly far right, and allied with the Republicans. Its party leaders have undoubtedly sought the financial support of the Israel lobby, Haim Saban "I'm a one issue guy, and that issue is Israel" was one of the Clinton's biggest donors. So as Omar so crudely put it, it really does seems to be about the Benjamins.







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