Alex Jones lost it under the couch cushions.
And the countries political situation comes last, I recon?
I think you're assuming Sanders has a lot more influence on this issue than is realistic. He didn't create this divide, and he's not a major figure in deepening the issue. He's just one of many voices. This issue isn't going away even if Sanders is completely silent (and I see no reason he should be silent).
100% correct. The democrat voters violently split over Israel/Palestine at the grassroots level. This was largely in response to what was going on. Elected politicians are actually a bit behind.
While I see it's a very contentious issue, to what extent is the candidate's position on US support for Israel likely to influence their vote in November?
Hard to say honestlt, given that the country as a whole veered right into anti Palestine fascism instead of maybe anti palestine semi normality last election.
This is a good question, and I don't think I can give a very concise, easy answer that isn't potentially very controversial! It is complicated.
We lost an entire PRESIDENCY in this way.
And remain perilously close to losing a whole damn country in precisely that way.
It's a bit different in the UK, where everything is at the constituency level and, at least at the moment, we're in a multi-party system. Certainly Labour has lost both votes and seats because of its stance on Israel, Gaza and Palestine, but in general that's primarily an issue only when the main challenger to Labour is either a pro-Palestine independent or the Greens. When there's a risk of the Conservatives or (more likely) Reform getting in because of a split on the left, people have tended to vote tactically for whoever looks most likely to keep them out.
