{"id":511642,"date":"2021-05-15T15:06:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T19:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=511642"},"modified":"2021-05-15T15:06:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T19:06:14","slug":"israel-palestinian-violence-divides-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-palestinian-violence-divides-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Palestinian violence divides Democrats"},"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\">8<\/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%2Fisrael-palestinian-violence-divides-democrats%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=511642&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--><div id=\"attachment_2407492\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2407492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Muslim worshipper takes part in Friday prayers at the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo\/Mahmoud Illean)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:52 PM PT \u2013 Friday, May 14, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>On Thursday, death tolls showed more than 100 people have died in Gaza and seven in Israel due to the exchange of rockets that have been fired at Israeli military targets and civilians by Hamas out of Gaza. The continued conflict between Israel and Hamas has been testing Joe Biden and further exposing the Democrats\u2019 divide on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Statements released from Democrat lawmakers reinforced the idea that the party continues to have multiple leaders that defend Israel including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez.<\/p>\n<p>A statement tweeted by Menendez wrote, \u201cthe barrage of rocket attacks from Hamas are terrorism and no country should have to tolerate this kind of threat against its population.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The barrage of rocket attacks from Hamas are terrorism and no country should have to tolerate this kind of threat against its population. These brazen acts threaten the safety &amp; security of Israelis &amp; Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senate Foreign Relations Committee (@SFRCdems) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFRCdems\/status\/1392240679502368771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>House Democrats took to the Chamber on Thursday to voice their support for Israel as clashes erupted for a fourth night. Some Democrat lawmakers also cited Israel\u2019s efforts to minimize civilian deaths and the U.S. alliance with the country as reasons for their support.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers have criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar\u2019s recent anti-Israel comments. She has since used this criticism in ads to fundraise for her <a href=\"https:\/\/omar.house.gov\/\">campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat mayoral hopeful Andrew Yang tweeted, \u201cthe people of New York City will continue to stand with our brothers and sisters in Israel who face down terrorism and persevere,\u201d but he later went back on his support after he received major criticism from progressive Democrats.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;m standing with the people of Israel who are coming under bombardment attacks, and condemn the Hamas terrorists. The people of NYC will always stand with our brothers and sisters in Israel who face down terrorism and persevere.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Yang\ud83e\udde2\ud83d\uddfd\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@AndrewYang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewYang\/status\/1391897869137887234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The division comes as a record from the Jewish Voting Library which showed roughly 75 percent of Jewish people voted for Biden. However, Democrats\u2019 anti-Israel rhetoric could result in a loss of support from members of the Jewish community within the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/repairs-of-vital-tenn-bridge-could-take-two-months\/\">Repairs Of Vital Tenn. 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