cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/42784
In a historic vote, 75% of Senate Democrats backed an effort to block weapons to Israel. The resolutions failed, but the vote was the latest sign of Democrats’ growing consensus against aid to Israel, as support for the country hits an all-time low.
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Yes dems have no soul and will never break from capital etc etc but this is actually a huge shift from the 5 or so senators who would vote similarly before. It’ll be interesting to see how dems are going to navigate this political climate where they need to support zionism for the bag but will be punished for it by electorate if they do so too openly.
Most likely they’ll just do the thing they’ve been setting up for a while: they’ll vote for Israel whenever it matters but loudly in public will say vague things that could possibly mean that they don’t support them, and then insist that everybody ignore their actions and only look at their empty words.
Similar to how some EU states operate. It does open more room for bds when the state is less hostile to antizionist sentiment.