
<p>Suppose you needed more proof that AOC and her ilk have made it &#8220;Not your father&#8217;s Democratic Party&#8221; for the first time ever. In that case, a new Gallup poll shows that a majority of Democrats now favor the Palestinians and not Israel in the ongoing Middle East Conflict!</p>



<p>Forty-nine percent of Democrats ;now say ;they sympathize more with Palestinians, compared to 38 percent who side with Israelis—a staggering 11-point swing since just last year.</p>



<p>The poll comes as far-left, anti-Israel lawmakers have worked to shift the Democratic Party’s support away from Israel over the past several years.</p>



<p>High-profile &#8220;Squad&#8221; members, including Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY) have accused Israel of &#8220;apartheid&#8221; and called for cutting off military support to the Jewish state.</p>



<p>Omar’s claim that US politicians only back Israel because of donations—&#8221;It’s all about the Benjamins baby,&#8221; she wrote on Twitter in 2019—was widely denounced as anti-Semitic and led to Republicans ;removing ;her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee earlier this year. In 2021, House Democrats ;voted ;to block funding to Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system under pressure from far-left lawmakers.</p>



<p>&#8220;This is an extremely troubling trend,&#8221; said Republican Jewish Coalition CEO Matt Brooks. &#8220;Many elected Democrats claim to be pro-Israel, but party activists and rank-and-file members are increasingly indifferent and even hostile to the Jewish state. It’s long past time for Democratic leaders to admit they have a problem that must be addressed to restore the historic bipartisan support for Israel.&#8221;</p>



<p>The Gallup poll shows a significant shift in Democrats’ views of Israel over the past two decades, a trend that has become more pronounced in recent years.</p>



<p>Equally troubling for those that support the Jewish State, Independents also expressed a 6-point increase in support for Palestinians since 2022, but they still sided more with Israel by 49 percent to 32 percent.</p>



<p>According to the poll, the views of Conservatives have been left unchanged, with 78 percent backing Israel.</p>

Democrats Shifting Support Away From Israel to Palestine
