74 Anti-Israel Democrats

One of the favorite myths of the left is that the right is the source of all anti-Semitism. To be sure, there are anti-Semites on the right – much of the constituency of Ron Paul is deeply anti-Semitic, as is the Pat Buchanan crew. But while many conservatives sympathize with Ron Paul’s small government program, both Paul and Buchanan are considered fringe characters on the right overall.

Mainstream figures on the American left rub elbows with anti-Semites on a regular basis. Many of them embrace the anti-Semitic program of forcing Israel into concessions to terror groups like Hamas. And many of them sit in Congress.

Even as Israel faces attack from Iran, Egypt, and Gaza, 74 House Democrats joined J Street, the radical front group for George Soros that essentially advocates for the destruction of the State of Israel. J Street, as Breitbart.com editor-in-chief Joel Pollak has pointed out, has supported the morally depraved Goldstone Report and opposed sanctions against Iran. J Street has purportedly backed off of some of these positions, likely at the behest of the Obama administration, which has been feeling so much heat from the Jewish community that it reportedly asked Media Matters to dump its in-house anti-Semite, M.J. Rosenberg.

The newest J Street initiative is the Cohen-Yarmuth-Connolly letter, named after three members of Congress: Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Yarmuth (D-KY), and Gerry Connolly (D-VA). The letter itself pushed the Obama administration to take a harsher role in the peace process, effectively forcing Israel into concessions to terror groups. Here’s a full list of the signatories to J Street’s letter:

There are a number of prominent Jewish congresspeople on this list. There’s a reason for that: one of the great goals of the Obama administration has been the mainstreaming of J Street. AIPAC’s supporters have largely turned on the Obama administration, seeing it as a force hostile to Israel; J Street was an attempt to build a counterweight to AIPAC that could sucker Jews into supporting the Democrats no matter how anti-Israel they became. One crucial factor in accomplishing that goal was creating the perception that Jews in Congress, who just must be pro-Israel since they’re Jewish, back J Street.

That effort, unfortunately for the left has failed. J Street remains an extremist organization, and one dedicated to harming Israel. And the Congresspeople who signed onto this letter – with a few exceptions — are generally no friends to Israel. Chris Van Hollen, for example, urged the Bush administration to back a ceasefire during the Israel-Lebanon war that would have protected Hezbollah; Jim McDermott, when he wasn’t spending time flacking for Saddam Hussein, was voting against a House Resolution supporting Israeli action in Lebanon. The list goes on and on.

The Democratic Party is the new home of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment. Their association with J Street cements that status.

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Below is the anti-Israel list. If they are also “Progressive” they have a Y in front of their name. I think there are 49 Yes, 25 No. What a surprise! Commies don’t like Israel.

Arizona

Y Ed Pastor (AZ-4, Phoenix)
Y Raúl Grijalva (AZ-7, Tucson) - Co-Chair

California

Y George Miller (CA-7, Richmond)
Y Barbara Lee (CA-9, Oakland)
Y Pete Stark (CA-13, Fremont)
n Janice Hahn (CA-36, San Pedro)
n Michael Honda (CA-15, San Jose)
Y Sam Farr (CA-17, Monterey)
Y Xavier Becerra (CA-31, Los Angeles)
n Judy Chu (CA-32, El Monte)
n Karen Bass (CA-33, Baldwin Hills)
Y Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34, Los Angeles)
n Maxine Waters (CA-35, Inglewood)
Y Laura Richardson (CA-37, Long Beach)
n Linda Sánchez (CA-39, Lakewood)
Y Bob Filner (CA-51, San Diego)

Colorado

Y Jared Polis (CO-02, Boulder)

Connecticut

Y Rosa DeLauro (CT-3, New Haven)

Florida

n Corrine Brown (FL-3, Jacksonville)
n Frederica Wilson (FL-17, Miami)

Georgia

Y Hank Johnson (GA-4, Lithonia)
Y John Lewis (GA-5, Atlanta)

Hawaii

n Mazie Hirono (HI-2, Honolulu)

Illinois

Y Bobby Rush (IL-1, Chicago)
Y Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-2, Chicago Heights)
Y Luis Gutierrez (IL-4, Chicago)
Y Danny Davis (IL-7, Chicago)
Y Jan Schakowsky (IL-9, Chicago)

Indiana

Y André Carson (IN-7, Indianapolis)

Iowa

Y Dave Loebsack (IA-2, Cedar Rapids)

Maine

Y Chellie Pingree (ME-1, North Haven)

Maryland

Y Donna Edwards (MD-4, Fort Washington)
n Elijah Cummings (MD-7, Baltimore)

Massachusetts

Y John Olver (MA-1, Amherst)
Y Jim McGovern (MA-3, Worcester)
n Barney Frank (MA-4, Newton)
Y John Tierney (MA-6, Salem)
Y Ed Markey (MA-7, Malden)
Y Mike Capuano (MA-8, Boston)

Michigan

Y John Conyers (MI-14, Detroit)

Minnesota

Y Keith Ellison (MN-5, Minneapolis) - Co-Chair

Mississippi

n Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Bolton)

Missouri

Y William Lacy Clay, Jr. (MO-1, St. Louis)
Y Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5, Kansas City) - Chairman, CBC

New Jersey

n Frank Pallone (NJ-06, Long Branch)
Y Rush Holt (NJ-12, Hopewell Township)

New Mexico

n Ben R. Luján (NM-3, Santa Fe)

New York

n Jerry Nadler (NY-8, Manhattan)
n Yvette Clarke (NY-11, Brooklyn)
Y Nydia Velázquez (NY-12, Brooklyn)
n Carolyn Maloney (NY-14, Manhattan)
Y Charles Rangel (NY-15, Harlem)
n José Serrano (NY-16, Bronx)
Y Maurice Hinchey (NY-22, Saugerties)
Y Louise Slaughter (NY-28, Rochester)

North Carolina

Y Mel Watt (NC-12, Charlotte) y

Ohio

n Marcy Kaptur (OH-9, Toledo)
n Dennis Kucinich (OH-10, Cleveland)
n Marcia Fudge (OH-11, Warrensville Heights)

Oregon

Y Earl Blumenauer (OR-3, Portland)
Y Peter DeFazio (OR-4, Eugene)

Pennsylvania

n Bob Brady (PA-1, Philadelphia)
Y Chaka Fattah (PA-2, Philadelphia)

Rhode Island

n David Cicilline (RI-1, Providence)

Tennessee

Y Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)

Texas

Y Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18, Houston)
Y Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30, Dallas)

Vermont

Y Peter Welch (VT-At Large)

Virginia

Y Jim Moran (VA-8, Alexandria)

Washington

Y Jim McDermott (WA-7, Seattle)

Wisconsin

Y Tammy Baldwin (WI-2, Madison)
n Gwen Moore (WI-4, Milwaukee)

Non-voting

n Donna M. Christensen (Virgin Islands)
Y Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)

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