There has been a growing anxiety among Israel’s defenders over the current state of U.S. public opinion for years now.
Poll after poll shows that Israel standing is diminishing among pretty much every type of American, besides the obvious exception of Republicans.
As sympathy for Palestinians has grown nationally, so has the number of congressional members with the audacity to criticize Israel in harsh terms. That number used to hover somewhere around zero, and now there are a dozen or so progressives in the House who stand up for Palestine. AIPAC is about to spend over $100 million to oust as many of them as they possibly can……more
