The political consensus on Israel in the USA is over
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Mitchell Plitnick, a Middle East and U.S. foreign policy expert, has worked in the past for B’Tselem US and Jesish Vocie for Peace.
Here he appraises Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the joint session of Congress on 24th July 2024.
After all the lies and bombast, substance was thin.
For all his bluster, it is clear that Netanyahu has severely damaged bipartisan support for Israel, built up tirelessly over decades by American pro-Israel lobbying groups.
Plitnick assesses the balance of forces in both parties which are internally less united on Israel than they have been. Possibilities for pro-Palestinian advocacy are opening up, particularly among the Democrats.
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This article was originally published by Mondoweiss on Sun 28 Jul 2024. Read the original here.
Congress applauded the genocide in Gaza, but Netanyahu’s speech showed the political consensus on Israel is over
Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for continued support for the Gaza genocide may have received rapturous applause from Congress, but the speech revealed uncertain political terrain for Israel among both Democrats and Republicans.
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And they talk about the ‘woke mind virus’. The only mind virus I see any evidence for could be described as the Zionist Mind Virus and it’s RNA clamours to be in as many people as possible or it won’t survive.