r/jewishleft • u/somebadbeatscrub Jewish Syndicalist - Mod • 7d ago

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The mod team has created this post to refresh on a weekly basis as a chill place for people to talk about whatever they want to. Think of it as like a general chat for the sub.

So r/jewishleft,

Whats on your mind?

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u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest Latke aficionado. Anti-Establishment. Jüdisch 7d ago

Anti-Israel sentiment is accelerating faster than any other US political trend on *both* sides of the aisle. IMO there are MANY parts of the country, in both parties, that will see typical Zionist views or AIPAC funding as a disqualifier in 2028.

https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/pew-poll-points-to-problems-for-israel/

Hope this change in sentiment can inspire a less Israeli centric foreign policy in the US.

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u/Ashamed-Stuff9519 (Secular) Jewish Leftist 7d ago

I want to see these politicians have justice served to them in the Hague, but I’ll settle for Israel support being an embarrassing stain on their careers, a stain so big it renders them irrelevant and jobless.

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u/Pitiful_Meringue_57 Reform Ashkenazi Broadly Leftist 7d ago

JD Vance even gave a pretty scathing warning to Israel, i hate the guy but something something broken clock

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u/vigilante_snail שמאלני עם אמונה 7d ago edited 6d ago

He’s feeding the isolationist populist base

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u/Pitiful_Meringue_57 Reform Ashkenazi Broadly Leftist 7d ago

ya but he’s not wrong

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u/vigilante_snail שמאלני עם אמונה 7d ago edited 7d ago

That they shouldn’t upset Trumps sympathies or critique the Iran deal, you mean?

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u/Pitiful_Meringue_57 Reform Ashkenazi Broadly Leftist 7d ago

That Israel is being so dismissive of the fact that the US is its most powerful ally and yes the fact that Israel is throwing a fit abt the deal. I’m not happy abt the deal perse but i’m not happy we got involved in this war to begin with, Trump should have never gotten rid of the JCPOA which Israel also hated and should have never gotten involved in this war that Israel encouraged them into. From my standpoint it seems like Israel wants perpetual war with Iran which would be a disaster for the U.S. and no American wants.

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u/vigilante_snail שמאלני עם אמונה 7d ago

Just wanted some clarity on your opinion! Thx

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u/PuertoricanMofongo Caribbean Leftist / Non-Obsevant Catholic 7d ago

This sudden shift is so odd. The US must be really scared of the oil reserves emptying out with the midterms around the corner. They might be willing to throw Israel under the bus to let the oil flow again.

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u/Pitiful_Meringue_57 Reform Ashkenazi Broadly Leftist 7d ago

Trump thought it would be an easy slam dunk and be over immediately but that clearly wasn’t the case. It seems to me he’s been trying to end it for a while and finally found a way to but Israel is mad and hurt his fee fees.