{"id":2479081,"date":"2025-08-26T14:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-chairman-ken-martin-retracts-pro-israel-resolution-as-democrats-gaza-tensions-snap\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T14:29:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:29:46","slug":"dnc-chairman-ken-martin-retracts-pro-israel-resolution-as-democrats-gaza-tensions-snap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-chairman-ken-martin-retracts-pro-israel-resolution-as-democrats-gaza-tensions-snap\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Chairman Ken Martin retracts pro-Israel resolution as Democrats&#8217; Gaza tensions snap"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdnc-chairman-ken-martin-retracts-pro-israel-resolution-as-democrats-gaza-tensions-snap%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2479081&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary of the article is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>At the Democratic National Committee (DNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brookings-institution-boosts-china-initiatives-linked-to-board-member\/\" title=\"Brookings Institution Boosts China Initiatives Linked to Board Member\">summer meeting<\/a> in Minneapolis, DNC Chairman Ken Martin withdrew a pro-Israel resolution that had initially passed easily, following tensions within the party over the Israel-Hamas war. This division is between establishment Democrats who generally support Israel and a younger, more progressive faction pushing for stronger actions such as ending U.S. military aid to Israel due to humanitarian concerns in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Two competing resolutions highlighted these internal conflicts: Martin&#8217;s Resolution 3, which called for humanitarian aid to Gaza and an end to the conflict but maintained support for Israel, and Resolution 18, backed by younger DNC members, which called for an immediate ceasefire, an arms embargo on Israel, and suspension of military aid. While Martin&#8217;s resolution passed quickly, the more progressive Resolution 18 was defeated after meaningful debate.<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing the divide within the party, Martin decided to retract his resolution and propose forming a committee to foster dialog and seek unified solutions.Jewish Democrats and others had lobbied against Resolution 18, expressing concerns about its implications for Israel&#8217;s security.The DNC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-spending-minibus-grinds-to-a-halt-as-conservative-objections-pile-up\/\" title=\"Conservative objections halt Senate spending &#039;minibus&#039;.\">path forward remains uncertain<\/a>, but there is hope that further discussions, inclusive of various party factions and grassroots movements, will help bridge these differences and uphold the party&#8217;s traditions of both peace advocacy and support for allies. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DNC Chairman Ken Martin retracts pro-Israel resolution as Democrats&rsquo; Gaza tensions snap<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2206770\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>MINNEAPOLIS<\/strong> <strong>&mdash;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratic National Committee<\/a>&nbsp;Chairman Ken Martin retracted a pro-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel<\/a> resolution that easily passed committee after a conflicting resolution that called to recognize a state of Palestine failed.<\/p>\n<p>The about-face reflects the divisions on display at the DNC summer meeting between pro-Israel Democrats and the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >left-leaning younger generation<\/a> of the anti-Israel base.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3782835\/colorado-budget-shortfall-corporate-tax-policy-changes\/\">Colorado lawmakers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-forced-to-cut-spending-after-wealthy-taxpayers-flee-state\/\" title=\"California forced to reduce spending as wealthy taxpayers leave the ...\">address budget shortfall<\/a> with corporate tax policy changes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3782192\/indiana-voters-mid-decade-redistricting-white-house-pressure\/\">Majority of Indiana voters oppose mid-decade redistricting as White House increases pressure campaign<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3782002\/georgia-republicans-navigate-three-primaries-at-once-in-high-stakes-senate-race\/\">Georgia Republicans navigate three primaries at once in high-stakes Senate race<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We can disagree in this party and still be unified, and as a result, I am going to ask us to withdraw this resolution, and I am going to appoint a committee or taskforce comprised of stakeholders on all sides of this to continue to have the conversation, to work through this, and bring solutions back to our party,&rdquo; Martin said at the resolutions committee meeting Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratic Party<\/a> has struggled to reconcile different factions&rsquo; responses to the Israel-Hamas war. Establishment Democrats have long supported Israel, while those further to the left have pushed to end U.S. aid for Israel due to allegations of genocide and famine in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>At the DNC summer meeting, two competing resolutions demonstrated the tensions in the party more than a year after the Uncommitted movement urged Democrats not to support former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s and former Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s presidential campaigns.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3779016\/dnc-meeting-minnesota-democrats-urge-stop-intraparty-fighting\/\">DEMOCRATS URGE PARTY MEMBERS TO STOP FIGHTING EACH OTHER AT DNC MEETING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Martin proposed Resolution 3, Resolution for Humanitarian Aid to Gaza and an End to the Israel-Hamas War. Resolution 18, Resolution on Gaza, also calls for an immediate ceasefire, but it went further than Martin&rsquo;s resolution and called for an arms embargo on Israel and the suspension of military aid.<\/p>\n<p>Martin&rsquo;s Resolution 3 was easily passed by the committee without any opposition before Resolution 18, introduced by 26-year-old Allison Minnerly, a Florida DNC member, was defeated after a lengthy discussion.<\/p>\n<p>The Generation Z-backed Resolution 18 failed twice. Once, after a DNC member proposed an amendment changing some of its language to include supporting a two-state solution. It then failed a second time after members discussed the tensions that remain in the party over the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I commend this committee for taking the first step and passing Resolution 3. But it&rsquo;s not enough,&rdquo; said Sophia Danenberg, a DNC member from Washington state who gave a passionate speech to members.<\/p>\n<p>Martin pulled Minnerly to the side after the defeat of her resolution for a chat before he later withdrew his resolution.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, earlier today, I introduced a resolution, Resolution 3, which was focused on finding common ground in our party on a very heartbreaking humanitarian issue. And it&rsquo;s aligned with our party platform,&rdquo; Martin said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now I know there are some who are interested in making changes today. But as we&rsquo;ve seen, there&rsquo;s a divide in our party on this issue. This is a moment that calls for shared dialogue. It calls for shared advocacy, and that&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;ve decided today at this moment, listening to the testimony and listening to people in our party, to withdraw my amendment and resolution to allow us to move forward in a conversation on this as a party,&rdquo; Martin continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need to keep working through this. We have to find a path forward as a party, and we have to stay unified,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3777091\/dnc-summer-meeting-minnesota-money-voter-woes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DEMOCRATS HUDDLE IN MINNESOTA AS PARTY FACES MONEY AND VOTER WOES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jewish Democrats from several states lobbied DNC members to oppose Resolution 18 and urged the party to support Resolution 3 before the meeting began.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am a good lifelong Democrat, and I just want to make sure that the safety and interests of Jews in North Carolina are really thought about,&rdquo; said Lisa Jewel, president of the North Carolina Democratic Jewish Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Jewel was a signee of a letter to DNC members that claimed Resolution 18 &ldquo;lacks nuance with regard to the myriad of complex issues surrounding the conflict and neglects to voice support for Israel&rsquo;s security or a release of the hostages.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>What comes next for the DNC on Gaza remains to be seen after Martin&rsquo;s retraction. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is a possibility that there can be further conversation on this in future meetings, but also through formation of maybe separate and distinct committees, which we&rsquo;re looking forward to seeing how those conversations go,&rdquo; Minnerly told reporters after Martin withdrew his resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&rsquo;s Democratic presidential primary season saw the rise of the Uncommitted movement, which urged Democrats not to support the party&rsquo;s nominees during the primary as a form of protest against the Biden-Harris administration&rsquo;s handling of the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>The Uncommitted movement was buoyed by Arab American, progressive, and young voters uneasy about Israel&rsquo;s counterattack on Hamas after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack. Martin&rsquo;s actions on Tuesday were an attempt to unify a party that remains conflicted on how to support Israel.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re hoping that whatever does come of this conversation that was started today really reflects the grassroots movement of not only young people but a multigenerational coalition of people that follow the long-standing tradition of being anti-war and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/skidmore-college-refuses-to-recognize-club-due-to-troublesome-pro-israel-stance\/\" title=\"Skidmore College Refuses To Recognize Club Due to \u2018Troublesome\u2019 Pro-... Stance\">pro-peace<\/a> in the Democratic Party,&rdquo; Minnerly said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC Chair Ken Martin withdraws pro-Israel resolution amid Gaza rift<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2479082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DNC-Ken-Martin-scaled.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,7705,62030,62029,45303],"class_list":["post-2479081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-dnc","tag-gaza-tensions","tag-israel-resolution","tag-ken-martin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DNC-Ken-Martin-scaled.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2479081"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2479085,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479081\/revisions\/2479085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2479082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2479081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2479081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2479081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}