Left’s take on Hamas stuns US Jews – and threatens Democrat split

Anti-Israel sentiment on university campuses and in street protests has sparked anger and resentment among a nation of people often aligned with the political left in the US.

Joshua Chaffin

Oct 15, 2023 – 12.45pm

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For Abraham Orden, a 43-year-old Jewish software executive from the Washington suburbs, the first inkling that the reaction to Hamas’ terror attack in southern Israel might not be what he anticipated came just hours after the assault had begun.

An Israeli woman on a WhatsApp group of mothers to which his wife belongs posted about her anguish – to which another mother reprimanded her with a post enumerating Palestinian grievances. The riposte quickly racked up likes.

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