"When the North Carolina Democratic Party adopted a first-of-its-kind resolution at its June convention calling Israel an apartheid state and demanding a total US arms embargo, it didn't receive much attention. And yet, in the months since, it's become clear that North Carolina's Democrats were ahead of a growing trend. Multiple Democratic members of Congress who were previously backed by AIPAC decided that it wasn't tenable to be affiliated with the pro-Israel group anymore."
"To answer that question, one only has to look at the polling of Americans, and Democrats more specifically, on the issue of Palestine. Two years of genocide in Gaza and intensified apartheid across the rest of occupied Palestine have severely degraded the public's perception of US support for Israel. A Pew Research poll earlier this month found that 59 percent of all Americans view the Israeli state negatively. Among Democrats, that number increases to a whopping 77 percent."
The North Carolina Democratic Party adopted a resolution declaring Israel an apartheid state and demanding a total US arms embargo after its June convention. Multiple Democratic members of Congress previously backed by AIPAC have disavowed the pro-Israel group, including Deborah Ross and Valerie Foushee, with Foushee calling to halt offensive military aid. Centrist Democrats such as Morgan McGarvey and Seth Moulton are also distancing themselves. Polling shows declining support for Israel: 59 percent of Americans and 77 percent of Democrats view Israel negatively, and substantial shares believe Israel intentionally killed children; negative views rose across Democratic age groups.
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