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==== Israel ==== {{see also|Israel–United States relations}} [[File:Shimon Peres observes Binyamin Nitanyahu greeting Barack Obama.jpg|thumb|Israeli prime minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] meeting with President Obama in 2013]] Democrats have historically been a stronger supporter of Israel than Republicans.<ref name="Cavari-2020">{{Cite book |last1=Cavari |first1=Amnon |title=American Public Opinion Toward Israel: From Consensus to Divide |last2=Freedman |first2=Guy |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |year=2020 |pages=145}}</ref> During the 1940s, the party advocated for the cause of an independent Jewish state over the objections of many [[Conservatism in the United States|conservatives]] in the [[Old Right (United States)|Old Right]], who strongly opposed it.<ref name="Cavari-2020" /> In 1948, Democratic President [[Harry S. Truman|Harry Truman]] became the first world leader to recognize an independent state of Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tenorio |first=Rich |date=November 3, 2020 |title=How a nascent Israel was a key issue in Truman's stunning 1948 election upset |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-a-nascent-israel-was-a-key-issue-in-trumans-stunning-1948-election-upset/ |access-date=November 1, 2023 |website=[[Times of Israel]] |archive-date=November 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118203848/https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-a-nascent-israel-was-a-key-issue-in-trumans-stunning-1948-election-upset/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2020 Democratic Party platform acknowledges a "commitment to Israel's security, its qualitative military edge, its right to defend itself, and the 2016 Memorandum of Understanding is ironclad" and that "we oppose any effort to unfairly single out and delegitimize Israel, including at the United Nations or through the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions|Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ |title=PARTY PLATFORM |newspaper=Democrats |publisher=Democrats.org |access-date=June 17, 2022 |archive-date=March 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315234633/http://www.democrats.org/democratic-national-platform |url-status=live }}</ref> During the [[2023 Israel–Hamas war|2023 Israel-Hamas War]], the party requested a large-scale military aid package to Israel.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shear |first=Michael D. |date=October 19, 2023 |title=Israel-Hamas War: Biden Urges U.S. to Remain 'Beacon to the World' in Aiding Allies at War |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/19/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news |access-date=October 20, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020160855/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/19/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news |url-status=live }}</ref> Biden also announced [[United States support for Israel in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war|military support for Israel]], condemned the actions of [[Hamas]] and other Palestinian militants as terrorism,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=Peter |date=October 10, 2023 |title=In Unforgiving Terms, Biden Condemns 'Evil' and 'Abhorrent' Attack on Israel |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/us/politics/biden-israel-hamas.html |access-date=October 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012001950/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/us/politics/biden-israel-hamas.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and ordered the US military to build a port to facilitate the arrival of [[Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war|humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.voanews.com/a/biden-orders-us-military-to-build-port-in-gaza-to-facilitate-aid/7518026.html | title=Biden Ordering US Military to Build Port in Gaza to Facilitate Aid | date=March 7, 2024 | access-date=March 23, 2024 | archive-date=March 19, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319213922/https://www.voanews.com/a/biden-orders-us-military-to-build-port-in-gaza-to-facilitate-aid/7518026.html | url-status=live }}</ref> However, parts of the Democratic base also became more skeptical of the Israel government.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Berg |first=Matt |date=April 14, 2024 |title=Voters think Biden should be tougher on Israel, new poll finds |newspaper=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/14/democrats-sympathetic-palestinians-israelis-poll-00152117 |access-date=June 16, 2024 |archive-date=May 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528005432/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/14/democrats-sympathetic-palestinians-israelis-poll-00152117 |url-status=live }}</ref> The number of Democrats (and Americans in general) who oppose sending arms to Israel has grown month by month as [[Israel–Hamas war|Israel's war on Gaza]] continues.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Valdez |first1=Jonah |title=MOST AMERICANS WANT TO STOP ARMING ISRAEL. POLITICIANS DON'T CARE. |url=https://theintercept.com/2024/09/10/polls-arms-embargo-israel-weapons-gaza/ |agency=The Intercept |date=10 September 2024}}</ref> Experts say support for Israel could have a negative impact on Democrats in several key states, including Michigan and Pennsylvania, in the 2024 presidential election.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stepansky |first1=Joseph |title='Uncommitted' delegates bring Gaza-war message to Democratic convention |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/17/uncommitted-delegates-bring-gaza-war-message-to-democratic-convention |agency=Al Jazeera |date=17 Aug 2024 |access-date=August 18, 2024 |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913230626/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/17/uncommitted-delegates-bring-gaza-war-message-to-democratic-convention |url-status=live }}</ref> Late in 2024, twenty Democrats requested support for US legislation that would ban the arms trade with countries that hinder humanitarian aid.<ref>{{cite news |title=US lawmakers urge Biden administration to halt offensive weapons to Israel |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/18/us-lawmakers-urge-biden-administration-to-halt-offensive-weapons-to-israel |agency=Al-Jazeera}}</ref>
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