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Senator John Fetterman Warns Democrats Over Growing Anti-Israel Sentiment
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Fetterman's Warning on the Party’s Direction
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., told attendees at the Texas Tribune Festival that the Democratic Party’s “big tent” is increasingly welcoming voices that claim “America deserved 9/11” while marginalizing members who openly support Israel.
Shifting Attitudes Toward Israel Within the Party
A Pew Research Center survey conducted in March found that 80 % of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents held an unfavorable view of Israel, up from 53 % in 2022; overall, 60 % of American adults viewed Israel unfavorably. In April, 40 Senate Democrats voted to block a $295 million sale of bulldozers to Israel, and 36 supported blocking a $151.8 million sale of 1,000-pound bombs. Those votes did not involve Iron Dome funding, which Fetterman cited as a separate example of defensive assistance.
Official Responses
Martin sought to reaffirm the party’s “big tent” identity while distancing the organization from the streamer’s comments.
Verbatim Quotes
- “I’m just describing that’s where a lot of the energy on the left is in my party,” — Sen. John Fetterman
- “ "If our party ever becomes, and just makes it official, the anti-Israel party, that’s when I would leave, because that’s been a moral clarity for me," Fetterman said.” — Sen. John Fetterman
- “DEMOCRATS CONDEMNING HASAN PIKER AS BACKLASH SPREADS THROUGH PARTY "Let me just say that I think it’s absolutely disgusting and deplorable the things that Hasan Piker has said," Martin said.” — Ken Martin, national committee chair