has During the recent rocket fire from the election campaign in Israel and speculation about a new Gaza war triggers, raging thousands of miles away in a ideological battle for the country. In the United States military, but especially the ideological tensions contribute to an escalation between the political parties, but especially among the US Democrats. In the centre of the debate, two questions stand: Who stands unconditionally on the side of Israel? And you are allowed to criticize Israel, referred to as anti-Semitic?
External the reason for the grim discussion is the annual Meeting of the cross-party active lobby Association, Aipac (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), which is probably the most powerful lobby group in the United States. 18’000 activists to come to the conference to Washington, traditionally the top of the American and the Israeli policy is represented, to say the leadership of the Congress and whoever is in Washington.
Traditionally, are brought to the Aipac conference, pro-Israel legislative packages on the way, traditionally the speaker in the loyalty addresses to beat because they are competing at the same time the favor of the Jewish groups of voters in the United States. In this year also the Israeli election campaign for a few hours was laid in the US capital, before the rocket fire, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forced to journey home.
“Democrats are not anti-Jewish,”
The heated dispute, but remained in Washington after the President Donald Trump had cast in his usual style of Oil into the flames: “I know what happened with those (Democrats), but are totally anti-Israel. To be quite honest: I think the are anti-Jewish.” Anti-Jewish veiled for anti-Semitic and should join the Democrats where it hurts.
For weeks, a dispute in the party is raging, how much the loyalty to Israel of U.S. policy demands. Trigger is the increasingly radical nationalist policy of Netanyahu’s, but also the ping-pong game, the Trump with the Israeli Premier. Only the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, then the recognition of the Golan occupation. The American Israel policy, which had always been worn by great Impartiality, is decomposed by Trump and Netanyahu.
the intra-party reason for the dispute in the case of the Democrats, the new ranks of members of Congress is not to support, where especially the young left members of the silent Washington consensus in favour of Israel. Your criticism makes the handling of the Netanyahu government with the Palestinians. And you have found in Ilhan Omar, a particularly prominent representative. The Muslim Congresswoman from Minnesota, first wearing a headscarf in the US Congress, accused recently the supporters of Israel, they had an ambivalent relationship to the United States, their loyalty should be their own country, not Israel.
tears and angry accusations
Omar, a flood of anger and hatred spilled out – a Muslim accused the Patriotic performers colleagues of treason. Also in the Democrats group in the house of representatives for a debate, at the end, even tears raged. Anti-Semitism-allegations flew back and forth. The dispute was further fueled by the BDS movement (Boycott, divestments, sanctions), calls to a targeted Isolation of Israel because of the occupation policy, and attracted more and more Democrats hung feel.
in Short: The radicalization on the right side of the political spectrum, the Left makes it difficult for the pledges of Loyalty with Israel, to support. The Right smell, in turn, the Democrats are betraying Israel and the American guarantee of protection.
The Showdown will come in the coming weeks in Congress, where rival law drafts and decisions on anti-Semitism and hate speech on the Agenda. The Republican majority in the Senate certainly has found her subject. Currently, the breakage of the Democrats. Most of their presidential candidates were at the Aipac Meeting not yet appeared. (Editorial Tamedia)
Created: 25.03.2019, 19:32 PM
