American Jews balance Democratic party loyalty with concerns over Iran
Compared with the broader Democratic electorate, American Jews appear somewhat more receptive to the strategic argument for military action against Iran. Yet compared with Israelis – including Israelis on the political left – they remain far more cautious.
And so American Jews once again find themselves where they have often been before – somewhere between Israel and America, navigating the distance between the two.
In the end, many appear to have reached the same conclusion as Israelis across the political spectrum: whatever their reservations about the politics surrounding the war, Iran represents a threat too serious to ignore.
Ultimately liberal Jewish Americans will make the wrong choice and go with the Democrats. After all, a significant percentage of them oppose Israel attacking Iran because of the anti-Semitic blowback at home, as if Israel has to be thinking "Well we should hit Iran before they have nukes but we don't want to upset things for our American brothers so we won't"
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