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DSA's breakaway Zionist org has failed

The group, loudly announced in a 2023 New Republic article, is still just a mailing list.

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Carl Beijer
Jul 21, 2025
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A sea-change in liberal-left views on Israel and Palestine was underway in 2023, and a lot of folks weren’t happy about it. Sympathy for Israel had been steadily eroding among Democrats since 2014 even as sympathy for Palestine rose; by 2022 most Democrats still backed Israel, but only by a 2 point margin. In 2023, plurality support among Democrats fina…

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