Biden has threatened Israel with cutting off weapons if they do not allow Hamas to control Gaza, with a “cease fire”. For three weeks Biden refused to speak with Netanyahu (making he couldn’t speak at all) and tried to force Israel into accepting the loss of lives, hostages in exchange for “friendship” from the U.S.
Literally Biden is telling Jewish voters to suck it up and forget about Israel. At the same time, he has not done this publically and loud enough, so the American Muslim community is angry at him.
We will see a large number of Jews voting for Trump in November. He is a strong supporter of Israel—Trump created the Abraham Accords which ended violence in the Middle East. His economic policies helped everyone—and his immigration policies protected Jews and others from the invasion of illegal aliens, terrorists, drug dealers and human sex traffickers.
TRUMP AND THE JEWS
By Richard Colman, Exclusive to the California Political News and Views 1/31/24 www.capoliticalnewsandviews.com
American Jews, for at least 100 years, have voted for the Democratic presidential candidate.
From 1924 to 2020, American Jews, according to the Jewish Encyclopedia, have always given a voting majority to the Democratic presidential candidate.
Also, according to the Jewish Encyclopedia, “American Jews tend to favor Democratic candidates, with 71% of Jewish voters choosing Democratic candidates on average and 26% choosing Republicans since 1968.”
The encyclopedia reported that in 2020, 30% of Jews voted for Donald Trump and 68% voted for Joe Biden.
In California in 2016, 48% of Jews, according to published reports, voted for Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor. The figure of 48% is not a majority, but that percentage shows that moderate and centrist Republicans like Schwarzenegger, can draw significant numbers of Jewish votes.
What will happen in the 2024 presidential election? No one knows, but a majority of Jewish voters are likely to support the Democratic candidate.
Trump, despite his support for Israel in his one presidential term (2017 to 2021), is not well liked in the American Jewish community. Jews tend to see Trump as unpredictable, undemocratic, insensitive to civil liberties, and hostile to the Constitution.
Moreover, Trump is viewed as obnoxious, narcissistic, protectionist, isolationist, and nativist. In the area of national security, Jews tend to be concerned about Trump’s ambivalence toward America’s allies in Europe and Asia. Many Jews, unlike Trump, support a woman’s right to have an abortion.
Jews are not alone in their criticisms of Trump. Many non-Jewish Americans have the same concerns.
Another concern that Jews have is the apparent uptick in anti-Semitism in America. Jews know that Trump has shown hostility to Latinos, Muslims, and handicapped individuals. When Jews hear criticism of non-Jewish minority groups, there is an apprehension that Jews are also on the list of so-called “undesirable” minorities. Jews make up 2.4% of the American population.
In America, there is concern about anti-Semitism. In December 2023, the presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute for technology, appeared before a Congressional panel. The three presidents were elliptical about anti-Semitism on their respective campuses. Since the Congressional hearing, two of the three presidents have resigned.
Harvard has a history of anti-Semitism. The Economist reported on June 23, 2018, that “Abbott Lawrence Lowell, the president of Harvard from 1909 until 1933, thought that the university had too many Jews. In the first year of Lowell’s presidency, they made up 10% of the student body. By 1922, their numbers had more than doubled. To address what he called ‘the Hebrew Problem’, Lowell proposed an explicit Jewish quota of 15%.”
In the 2023 film, “Oppenheimer,” Jewish scientists were shown to be crucial in creating the atomic bomb. If a quota had been imposed on Jewish participation in the atomic-bomb project, would Nazi Germany have developed the atomic bomb first?
What must Republicans do to capture higher percentages of Jewish voters?
Republicans need to be sensitive to Jewish concerns.
The use of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) criteria in university admissions and hiring need to be replaced with a policy of merit.
In addition, Republicans need to understand that Jews, like other Americans, must follow the Constitution, especially the First Amendment’s guarantees of freedom of worship, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly.
Republicans should realize that in the United States Jews are highly influential in such American power enters as the media (especially the news media), Wall Street, Hollywood, the publishing industry, Silicon Valley, academia, banking, the Federal Reserve, and many professions (examples are dentists, physicians, and the law).
Republicans must make clear they have an obligation to protect all citizens from any destruction of lives and property. Specifically, Republicans must attack crime at all levels –- local, state, and federal.
To date, Trump has not shown himself to be for a more open America. Trump has attacked illegal immigration, but he and other Republicans must do more.
With a more tolerant attitude and a firm commitment to American ideals, as expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, Republicans should be able to win more Jewish voters.
