{"id":2627391,"date":"2026-07-09T15:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/core-democratic-base-is-in-fanatically-anti-zionist-mood-guy-benson\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:47:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:47:21","slug":"core-democratic-base-is-in-fanatically-anti-zionist-mood-guy-benson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/core-democratic-base-is-in-fanatically-anti-zionist-mood-guy-benson\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Democratic base is in \u2018fanatically anti-Zionist mood\u2019: Guy Benson"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fcore-democratic-base-is-in-fanatically-anti-zionist-mood-guy-benson%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=2627391&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>Guy Benson, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >senior columnist<\/a> for the Washington Examiner, stated that the Democratic Party&#8217;s current &#8220;litmus test&#8221; for candidates centers on whether they object to the existence of a Jewish state, specifically Israel. He argued that merely criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is insufficient to satisfy the party&#8217;s core, which is increasingly demanding a firm pro-Palestinian stance and embracing radical anti-zionist views.Benson highlighted that supporting Israel has become a political pivot and deflection, while disdain for the Jewish state itself is the real test.He noted that within the Democratic base, there is a growing movement that is fanatically anti-Zionist, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-take-cash-from-head-of-anti-israel-group-justifying-palestinian-terrorism\/\" title=\"Democrats accept funding from leader of anti-... organization, defending Palestinian violence\">accepting campaign donations<\/a> from pro-Israel groups like AIPAC is becoming more divisive. Benson warned that Democratic candidates can no longer assume that criticizing Netanyahu will win support, suggesting that the party&#8217;s ideological shift reflects a broader rejection of Israel among it&#8217;s progressive factions. Recent primary elections in New York serve as a warning to pro-Israel groups about this changing dynamic.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> senior columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/guy-benson\/\">Guy Benson<\/a> argued that the \u201clitmus test\u201d in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\">Democratic Party<\/a> has become whether candidates will object to the existence of a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jewish\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1678\">Jewish<\/a> state. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benson explained on Fox Business\u2019s <em>Varney &#038; Co<\/em>. on Thursday that simply criticizing Israeli Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Benjamin-Netanyahu\/\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> isn\u2019t enough to appease the core base of the Democratic Party, describing this move as \u201cwishful thinking\u201d for candidates.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4642416\/hunter-biden-substack-laptop-drug-addiction\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                        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undertaken \u2026 the impurity test is to object to the Jewish state itself,\u201d Benson said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of this test, as Benson explained, is to \u201cembrace\u201d a firm pro-Palestinian stance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo basically embrace a hardcore so-called pro-Palestine view of the world,\u201d Benson said, \u201cin an obsessive, fixated sort of way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benson argued that this is the new standard in the Democratic Party because the core base is in a \u201cfanatically anti-Zionist mood.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly three-fourths of Democratic voters oppose the United States sending military aid to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/05\/21\/polls\/times-siena-poll-democrats-crosstabs.html\"><em>New York Times<\/em>\/Siena poll <\/a>conducted in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The poll also reflects a growing movement within the Democratic Party from progressive candidates and elected officials who hold anti-Israeli views, including Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez\/\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY), Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Bernie-Sanders\/\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT), and New York Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Zohran-Mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also comes at a time when accepting campaign donations from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/aipac\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2620\">AIPAC<\/a> is becoming increasingly polarizing within the party, with many socialist and progressive candidates slamming their opponents for accepting money from its affiliated super PAC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4624110\/new-york-primaries-warning-pro-israel-groups\/\"><strong>NEW YORK PRIMARIES DELIVER \u2018WARNING SHOT\u2019 TO PRO-ISRAEL GROUPS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benson argued that Democratic candidates can no longer assume that criticizing Netanyahu is enough for voters in the party. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think some of these people are whistling past the graveyard, thinking they can criticize Netanyahu or any government as some sort of stand-in to scratch an itch that the base is feeling,\u201d Benson said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div 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