Kamala has been ushered to power with an unprecedented absence of scrutiny on virtually anything, with Israel-Palestine just being one glaring example.
Democrats have been giddily proclaiming their unvarnished “joy” at the Democratic National Convention this week in Chicago. Less joyful might be the handful of pro-Palestine activists and “Uncommitted” delegates who unwisely thought they would have any serious chance of obtaining actual policy concessions related to the ongoing disaster in the Middle East—or really anyone who might have reservations about current U.S. policy toward Israel, the unceasing pulverization of Gaza, and the potential outbreak of yet more cataclysm involving Iran and Hezbollah.
What are their choices exactly? In one corner, there’s Donald Trump, who may well be running on the most hardline “pro-Israel” platform of any major party nominee ever. As for the Democrats’ nominee, Kamala Harris, she took pains to portray her stance as indistinguishable from that of Biden-Harris administration, which has earned the distinction of supplying more military resources to Israel than any Administration in U.S. history. And then she took it one step further, shunning Left-wing activists who funneled into Chicago only to be treated with little more than painfully transparent lip service and half-hearted mollification.
Desperate to maintain their appearance of unanimous jubilation, Democratic bigwigs spent the DNC making superficial appeals to the dissenting elements of their coalition, including Arab-Americans and kindred Leftists, about how the party leadership is supposedly “listening” to their concerns regarding Israel/Palestine with a great deal of “compassion”, all while continuing to send massive amounts of armaments to Israel for prosecuting the war in Gaza, and, potentially, elsewhere in the region.
Of course, some dispensed with the lip service. “To me, the Biden-Harris administration has been extraordinary in their support of Israel, without any question”, Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL), who boasts that she represents more Jewish constituents in her South Florida district than anywhere else in the country, happily assured a gathering of the Jewish Democratic Council in Chicago. “And I just want you to know, the Democratic leadership in the House has been extraordinary in their support of Israel.
