Newsweek Discovers Why Republicans Suddenly Care About Palestine
Newsweek's recent piece, 'Republicans Are Turning Against Israel, Polls Show,' attempts to grapple with a shocking revelation: some Republicans are becoming less unconditionally supportive of the Israeli government. The article hints at this as a novel development, ignoring decades of unwavering, bipartisan Congressional devotion rooted firmly in lobbying dollars. The corporate media seems
genuinely perplexed when the carefully constructed narrative of 'unbreakable alliance' begins to fray at the edges, failing to connect these polls to the horrific optics of a brutal military campaign watched live worldwide. Perhaps the 'turn' isn't a moral epiphany but a calculated political maneuver as the body count climbs and public outrage swells. One might cynically observe that 'support'
often correlates inversely with public scrutiny. Congressional voting records, like the unanimous Senate vote to continue massive aid to Israel (including for Iron Dome), often precede these polls by mere months. It appears 'turning against Israel' only becomes palatable to the GOP once their constituents make it unequivocally clear that 'Israel' means Benjamin Netanyahu's government and not some
biblical abstraction. It’s almost as if politicians listen when their careers are at risk, not when innocents are.