113: Will dumping Israel backfire on the Democrats? A conversation with Hussein Mansour

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Hussein Mansour discusses the implications of the Democratic Party's shift towards the anti-Israel wing and its historical parallels.

To support our work, please consider joining our Patreon community (https://www.patreon.com/c/AskHavivAnything), Substack (https://havivgur.substack.com/), or Buy Me a Coffee (buymeacoffee.com/havivrettiggur). And be sure to check us out on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/haviv.rettig.gur/) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@haviv.rettig.gur). -- The Democratic Party is choosing party unity on Israel by ceding ground almost entirely to the anti-Israel wing. Hussein Mansour returns to the podcast to break down how this retreat of the Democratic center mirrors the DEI takeover a decade ago and other historic leftist collapses in history to a more radical wing. His analysis suggests that the shift is irreversible, that centrist Democrats will soon find themselves conceding more, and that this could have very bad consequences for the party going forward. From Fanon to Hasan Piker, inter-elite power struggles to the future of American power projection — this is a must-listen warning about the high cost of feeding the tiger you hope to ride. -- There are few if any publications like SAPIR, the quarterly journal of Jewish ideas edited by Bret Stephens from the New York Times. You…

People in this episode

Host: Haviv Rettig Gur

Guest: Hussein Mansour

Topics covered

• Democratic Party
• Israel
• political analysis
• leftist movements
• historical parallels
• American politics

Keywords

• Democrats
• Israel
• political unity
• anti-Israel
• historical analysis
• leftist collapse
• American power

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Organizations: SAPIR

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