The raw emotions over Israel’s conduct are dividing the Democratic Party more than any other issue in recent memory.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib addresses a crowd outside the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 18 at a rally advocating for a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza. President Biden was speaking at a campaign event in Minneapolis recently when a rabbi stood up and yelled that Biden needed to back a cease-fire in the Middle East.
When Biden recently addressed an LGBTQ+ group, an audience member interrupted by shouting, “Let Gaza live! Cease-fire now!” When Vice President Harris spoke at Northern Arizona University on Oct. 17, a student pressed her about “crimes committed against those in Palestine.” At the first campaign event for Rep. Dean Phillips , who’s running a long-shot race for president, Phillips found himself in a heated back-and-forth over Israel with an attendee, who was removed.
Other issues have previously exposed divisions between liberal and moderate Democrats. Progressives argued after the 2010 signing of the Affordable Care Act that it did not go far enough, for example, and tens thousands of people protested economic inequality during the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011.
Sen. Chris Murphy , a staunch supporter of Israel and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on Thursday supporting Israel’s right to defend itself — but also saying it must change course.
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