Memo to Democrats – Abandon Israel, Lose America

BBC Radio this morning remembered the 1984 rescue of thousands of Ethiopian Jews from likely death to safe haven in Israel. The story is a vivid reminder of the importance of that refuge for world Jewry.

Incredibly, this country’s Democrats are poised to complete their party’s “fundamental transformation” from that of Harry Truman and “Scoop” Jackson – American patriots who helped give birth to and sustained the modern state of Israel and a vital ally.

Instead, if Bernie Sanders and his appointees to the Democrats’ 2016 platform committee have their way, that party will reduced to an ally and enabler of the Jewish State’s enemies.

If Donald Trump makes his declared support for Israel a defining issue in this campaign, he will both be affirming the right – and traditionally bipartisan – policy line. He’ll also be rewarded for doing so by the American people.