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In an op-ed published in The Hill, I criticized Democrats for calling to 鈥淪ave Democracy鈥� even as they failed to fully embrace it in the domestic electoral process. Here, I pick up where that essay left off and look in detail at another aspect of Democratic hypocrisy: this time, foreign policy.

Democratic leadership鈥檚 position on Israel鈥檚 treatment of the Palestinians provides a deeper glimpse into the Party鈥檚 internal contradictions.

Many top Democrats have supported Israel unflinchingly since its founding and continue to do so amid the current Israeli military campaign in Gaza.

This steadfast loyalty persists even as much of the world recognizes that Israel鈥檚 treatment of Palestinians 鈥� long before October 7 鈥� amounted to apartheid. Apartheid is a crime against humanity, one that the international community once condemned South Africa鈥檚 government for before its fall in the early 1990s. Organizations such as B鈥橳selem, Israel鈥檚 leading human rights NGO, have now made that same charge against Israel.

Former President Joe Biden once berated Ronald Reagan鈥檚 Secretary of State, George Shultz, for that administration鈥檚 policy of 鈥渃onstructive engagement鈥� with South Africa鈥檚 apartheid regime, calling apartheid 鈥渞epugnant鈥� and 鈥渋mmoral,鈥� and strongly supporting the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act.

As a student at Occidental College, former President Barack Obama likewise called for U.S. divestment from South Africa.

Yet neither Obama nor Biden has shown the same moral conviction when it comes to Israel.

Much of the Democratic leadership also continues to back Israel鈥檚 current campaign despite South Africa, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and an independent UN commission accusing Israel of the 鈥渃rime of crimes,鈥� genocide. Still, many Democrats maintain that support even as several nations 鈥� including the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia 鈥� have recently moved to recognize an independent Palestinian state.

Apartheid and genocide are the antithesis of democracy. Yet when it comes to Israel, many Democrats remain unwilling to acknowledge this simple truth.

Prominent Democratic figures such as Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and California Governor Gavin Newsom 鈥� both of whom have called for a ceasefire in Gaza, and whom some voters have hoped might lead the charge to save democracy at home 鈥� have yet to denounce Israel for these human rights violations. Neither politician has explicitly used the words 鈥済enocide鈥� or 鈥渁partheid鈥� in their speeches. Even former Vice President Kamala Harris hasn鈥檛 dared utter them. Perhaps Pritzker鈥檚 reticence is unsurprising, given his past role on the national board of AIPAC.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are two notable exceptions to the trend among high-profile Democrats. Both have accused Israel of engaging in genocide, and yet they are not so firmly within the Democratic mainstream.

When we look at the congressional voting record, the picture becomes even clearer. A majority of Senate Democrats voted in favor of Senator Sanders鈥檚 July 2025 resolutions to block U.S. arms sales to Israel. However, 19 Senate Democrats 鈥� including Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) 鈥� voted to keep arming Israel, despite the mass violence, starvation, and killing of journalists and aid workers witnessed daily on social media and television. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) missed both votes. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has reaffirmed his strong support for Israel, repeatedly calling the U.S. commitment 鈥渋ronclad.鈥� He has also opposed every proposal to condition U.S. aid on Israel鈥檚 conduct.

When Democratic Party leadership votes and speaks in this way 鈥� voting to allow human rights abuses to continue and refusing to call out violations 鈥� it forfeits any moral authority to claim the role of defenders of democracy. A politics that tolerates the mass destruction of an entire people cannot credibly claim to stand for democratic values or be trusted to defend them 鈥� abroad or at home. It should be no surprise, then, that so many voters have turned away from the Democrats.