Source: Semafor
by David Weigel
“It is very easy to over-interpret one primary. The story in big city elections this year, until 9 p.m. on Tuesday, was that progressives were getting rinsed. And Andrew Cuomo’s hubris and unpopularity probably won’t be replicated in many establishment vs. insurgent primaries this year. But Democratic leaders are living very far from Democratic voters, who are less supportive of the Jewish state’s military and foreign policy than at any time since its creation, 77 years ago. ‘If Democrats keep running in fear of AIPAC, they will continue to do badly,’ Bernie Sanders told Politico in an interview after Mamdani’s win.” (06/27/25)
https://www.semafor.com/article/06/27/2025/view-how-the-pro-israel-lobby-misunderstood-new-york