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[quote=Anonymous]For a few years now the right has been trying to make Israel a partisan issue. As soon as that happens, the US relationship with Israel will change. Just look at NATO. Before Trump the orthodoxy was both parties supported NATO. Now...many republicans question why we are in it.

[quote]Trump was echoing the sentiments of the 25 percent of U.S. adults who, according to a YouGov poll conducted this week, hold an unfavorable view of NATO. That includes 15 percent who see the alliance “somewhat” unfavorably and 10 percent who see it “very” unfavorably. By contrast, 24 percent of Americans give NATO somewhat favorable ratings, and 20 percent give it very favorable ratings, for a total favorability score of 44 percent.

Like so much else these days, NATO has become a partisan issue. Democrats told YouGov that they view NATO favorably by an overwhelming 55-point margin (64 percent to 9 percent), but among Republicans, unfavorable opinions of NATO win out by an 8-point margin: 45 percent to 37 percent. Among Trump voters, 54 percent view NATO unfavorably, while just 33 percent view it favorably.[/quote]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/is-trump-fueling-republicans-concerns-about-nato-or-echoing-them/

I think we are beginning to see the same shift in support for Israel in the Democratic Party. The fastest growing demographic groups just do not have any connection to Israel and those groups lean democratic vs republican. I do not see these democrats as antisemtic or anti Israel. They just have different priorities vs Israel. You could see that in the response to this “crisis”. The leadership(older members) wanted to response one way, the new guard said no. [/quote]

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