Maybe in the people, but AIPAC is the most feared lobby group across both sides of the isle for politicians. Russiagate is a joke compared to how much influence they have on our foreign policy, and its a travesty that their activities and heavy-handed influence is spoken of so quietly if at all.
Signed, Iraq war vet (it was more for Israels interests than ours!)
Please do not conflate opposition to the Israeli state with anti-Jewishness. There are millions of diaspora Jews living in the US who do not accept that conflation and are not fans of Israel.
This is factually incorrect. Every poll of the US Jewish community has shown that between 80% to 90% are supporters of Israel. At most a few thousand US Jews are not fans of Israel, and they are very vocal about it.
No, that's not what I meant at all. Being opposed to Israel and the impact they have on their neighbours !== being antisemitic.
It's my understanding that pro-Israeli sentiment on the right is somewhat rooted in antisemitism in the first place. They love the idea of Jews having their own country away from everyone else.
Besides, the whole Q conspiracy wing currently taking over the American right is blatantly antisemitic.
arminiusreturns|4 years ago
Signed, Iraq war vet (it was more for Israels interests than ours!)
yyyk|4 years ago
That would be odd way of serving the Israeli interest, as the actual Israeli government opposed the Iraq war and thought it would be bad for Israel:
https://forward.com/opinion/9839/sharon-warned-bush/
woodruffw|4 years ago
benja123|4 years ago
p1necone|4 years ago
It's my understanding that pro-Israeli sentiment on the right is somewhat rooted in antisemitism in the first place. They love the idea of Jews having their own country away from everyone else.
Besides, the whole Q conspiracy wing currently taking over the American right is blatantly antisemitic.