Ep. 274: What do the Democrats want from Israel?

About this episode

The episode discusses the motivations behind Senate Democrats' support for Israel amidst concerns about the Netanyahu government's actions and the influence of antisemitism within the party base.

Senate Democrats haven’t turned on the Jewish state because the Netanyahu government is reckless. It’s because they fear a party base of deluded antisemites.

Topics covered

• Israel
• Democrats
• antisemitism
• politics
• government

Keywords

• Democrats
• Israel
• Netanyahu
• antisemitism
• politics
• Senate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Democrats

Places: Israel

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