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CIDI Dutch Likud Lobby Quite Successful | 4 comments (4 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Dutch Election Poll (none / 0)
Christian Democrats (CDA) lost many seats to new party NSC of Omtzigt ... due to illness and burnout, the party w 20 seats imploded ... most voters return to the CDA. On the rightwing majority, VVD has an electorate divided w the PVV of Geert Wilders. Both parties lose seats to more extreme JA21 ... the single issue agrarian BBB party tries to move to the right on migration extremism, yet fails to change the downfall.

The original 4 party coalition had a majority of 88 seats of which are there are 47 left in the latest poll. Geert Wilders already resigned from the coalition as did the NSC on the disregarded of the Gaza genocide. Thus the caretaker coalition of VVD (projected 14 seats) and the BBB (4 seats) .... a total of 18 seats out of 150 seat parliament are ruling the nation. Ridiculous ..

Mission to Thwart Peace ☮️

by Oui on Fri Oct 17th, 2025 at 06:16:12 PM EST
Some Americans Show Courage (none / 0)

US lawmaker returns AIPAC donations, says he disagrees with Israel's government | TRT World |

Mission to Thwart Peace ☮️

by Oui on Sat Oct 18th, 2025 at 02:41:26 AM EST
Public Opinion Shift: AIPAC on the Defensive (none / 0)
The Shift: AIPAC is suddenly on the defensive | Mondoweiss |

The lobbying outfit has long known that it's unpopular among Democratic voters, which is why it never actually references Israel in the ads that it runs in Democratic primaries. It's why the Super PAC it uses in Democratic races is called the United Democracy Project (ADP), an innocuous sounding name that doesn't clue viewers in to AIPAC's actual motivations.

AIPAC didn't have much reason to be concerned about the right side of the aisle, but recent polling shows that younger Republicans are growing skeptical of Israel, like everyone else. The numbers indicate that the shift has been driven, in part, by the genocide in Gaza.

For instance, a March 2025 Pew Poll found that 50% of GOP voters under the age of 50 now express a negative view of Israel, compared to 35% in 2022.

The American Right's relationship with Israel is a subject that went mainstream in the wake of Charlie Kirk's murder, amid online debates about whether the conservative pundit was turning on the country and potentially facing backlash over it.

A number of "America First" conservative commentators have openly criticized the special relationship. Chief among them is Tucker Carlson, a popular voice that formerly parroted the usual neoconservative talking points.

Over the summer, a Carlson interview with Ted Cruz went viral because he repeatedly pressed the Texas Senator on the issue of Israel. One of the questions that flummoxed Cruz was, Why don't AIPAC lobbyists have to register as foreign agents?



Mission to Thwart Peace ☮️
by Oui on Sat Oct 18th, 2025 at 07:57:00 PM EST
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Mission to Thwart Peace ☮️
by Oui on Sat Nov 1st, 2025 at 08:37:55 PM EST

CIDI Dutch Likud Lobby Quite Successful | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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