4 lessons for Pro-Israel Democrats from the DSA wins in New York primaries
Key takeaways
- All three candidates endorsed by Zohran Mamdani — two of whom were harshly critical of Israel — won.
- From the New York Times to Politico, headlines are proclaiming the ascendancy of the anti-Israel wing of the left.
- To answer that question, we cannot sugarcoat reality.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
All three candidates endorsed by Zohran Mamdani — two of whom were harshly critical of Israel — won.
From the New York Times to Politico, headlines are proclaiming the ascendancy of the anti-Israel wing of the left. Moderate Democrats have woken up in a new world, wondering, as one emailed me, Where do we go now?
To answer that question, we cannot sugarcoat reality. Denying the legitimate electoral threat to the bipartisan consensus on Israel — from both the far left, as shown in these primaries, and the far right — is not a strategy. We need a dispassionate interpretation of this political environment. And for moderate Democratic supporters of Israel, that analysis shows a political landscape that is growing more challenging but is not yet forbidding.