US Poll Finds Support for Palestine; Congress Finds its Wallet Elsewhere
The Al-Monitor report highlights 59% of respondents, including 80% of Democrats, backing Palestinian state recognition. This inconvenient truth for the political class, however, rarely translates into policy. For instance, Senator Tim Kaine, lauded as a 'moderate,' has received over $130,000 from AIPAC-affiliated PACs since 2012, consistently voting to funnel billions in unconditional aid to the
current Israeli government. Public opinion? A quaint suggestion. So, Americans want peace and justice, while Congress ensures a steady supply of F-35s. One might wonder who, exactly, our representatives represent when their voting records diverge so sharply from the sentiments of the very people who elected them. Perhaps a Reuters/Ipsos poll on which lobby controls Washington would yield more
'surprising' results.