re: #10 marjoriemoon

As far as the Congress goes, both sides have always actively supported Israel save for a small few out of 435. But Republican citizens have been far more supportive than Democrats as a whole. The only large percentage of Democrats who support Israel has been the Jewish community. It’s one of the things that has disappointed me as a liberal.

Yeah, I have my doubts about that re: Republicans. They mainly just want someone to sell weapons to, so have a stake in backing admins that want to buy them. I don’t think the average Republican Christian-supremacist bigot gives two cruds about Jews (unless as a stick to beat other numerical minorities in the US), or Judaism (unless it’s to study it to get people to convert), or a Jewish homeland, any more than they do Black and Latino Christians in ghettoes and barrios here.

Israeli citizens may or may not care about their sincerity in exchange for support, but I do, because I believe the support is fickle, like everything else they do. They can’t be trusted anywhere do to right by anyone, in my book, but that’s a personal opinion.

Did you see any notable shift in D Congressional support when Kadima was in power? I would think Ds would be more amenable to something left of Likud, but this is “the Israel issue™” so, no guarantees on that..