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It is a coldly political calculation. The Dems are afraid that if they refuse to facililitate Israeli genocide, then American Jews won't vote for them. At the same time, MAGA Nazis will step right up and pledge to kill every Muslim in the Middle East, and sweep up every vote.
The Dems can't afford to lose a fairly monolithic voting block.
I dont think thats correct-- American Jews are a tiny tiny percentage of the population, about 2%. Then split that across repub and dem, and on dem side, split that number again across pro and anti genocide. Its much less than the muslim vote, which is more monlithic on this issue. So the dems lose more votes supporting genocide. About half of DNC money comes from AIPAC, is the real problem.
Valid observations.
However, many elections are decided by less than 1%, so losing an entire 2% block could hurt, and Jews tend to vote in higher numbers than the average.
But yeah, there are other factors at play, but the vote is always the bottom line, and the Dems can't afford to lose this historically reliable demographic.
losing the 1% jewish vote but gaining a much larger number progressives and muslim votes seems like a bad trade to you?
Just getting genocide off of the dem's platform would guarantee a win. Do Dems want to win or do they want AIPAC checks, is what the question becomes. So far they want AIPAC checks.
And are you saying that if the dems come out against genocide they will lose every jewish vote? So you think they all support genocide?
Look, none of this is MY thinking, this is their thinking, and politicians tend to have really twisted concepts about what makes a candidate electable.
For decades, I've been screaming for bold leadership from Dems, and either they've been weak weenies like Schumer, or Republican-Lite like Clinton and Obama. Clearly, they don't have a clue what makes people vote for them.
Alternatively both parties benefit from this genocide, which seems more likely