Democrats and liberals - including establishment Jewish groups – use the myth of “bipartisan” as a cudgel to bludgeon conservatives’ and Republicans’ enthusiasm when it comes to Israel policy. For years, Israel’s largest and most powerful support base in America, the Christian Right, has submitted, typically with some head-scratching, on the premise that the Jews must know something they don’t. But for years polls have shown that Israel is far higher on their political priority list than it is on most Jews’ priority lists. And if Republicans have complied in the futile belief that it will curry American Jewish favor come election time, they should stop. It won’t.
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