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Moustafa Bayoumi

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: There is a showdown looming in the democratic party over support for israel | History Defined

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Biden meets with Israeli PM Netanyahu at the White House in WashingtonFILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
‘Is there a showdown coming?’ Photograph: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

Abdul El-Sayed’s victorious path to the US Senate must become a wake-up call to the Democratic party. It shows us, yet again, that Democratic voters care about Gaza, that Palestinian demands for freedom are increasingly connected to American demands for freedom, and that the old smears and accusations against Palestinians and their supporters are fast losing potency.

Even Donald Trump has acknowledged that support for Israel is increasingly a political liability in American politics. Will Chuck Schumer and the rest of the Democratic leadership listen?

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