Opinion: Right-wing Democrats and their support for Israel

By Dayvon LoveSpecial to the AFRODayvon Love is the director of public policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, a grassroots think-tank that advances the public policy interests of Black people. (Courtesy photo)The political discourse and perspectives on what is happening in the Middle East are fairly expansive. There are many people, like myself, who characterize the state of Israel’s response to the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack as a genocide. There are those on the other side of the political spectrum who refer to it as Israel exercising its right to defend itself. Regardless of where you stand on this issue, it is undeniable that political figures and institutions that are the most ardent proponents of Israel’s current policy in Palestine tend to be proponents of a right-wing political agenda.& In New York’s 16th congressional district Democratic primary election, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), an explicitly pro-Israel, Zionist organization, put millions of dollars behind George Latimer to successfully unseat progressive Congressman Jamaal Bowman. Bowman has been a harsh critic of Israel, which would naturally draw opposition from AIPAC.& An even closer analysis of the nature of AIPAC’s political agenda, which is documented in “The Squad,” a book authored...