NEW YORK POST
For the first time ever, Israel is a real race issue
by Karol Markowicz
November 1, 2015

Political dork that I am, I like to make lists for myself during an election season, ranking the five issues most important to me at the time. I started doing this years ago (though I skipped 2012). While certain issues appear on each list, the most surprising development is that the list changes a lot over time. And yet support for Israel has never made the list before — until now. It’s not because supporting Israel was never important to me. On the contrary, it was — it’s just that I never expected either major party to nominate someone who wouldn’t pass muster as a friend to Israel. Considering the Democratic Party’s turn during the Obama years, that can no longer be taken for granted…I can’t consider a candidate who doesn’t take the American relationship with Israel seriously and talk about it openly. It wasn’t a coincidence that Israel barely got a mention during the Democratic debate. A poll in February showed Democratic support for Israel dropping. READ MORE