Members and supporters of the Democratic Socialists of America are often asked if they believe that Israel has a right to exist. Israel’s existence has been a reality for 78 years. The more consequential question for the DSA members is: Do Israeli Jews have the right to defend themselves? On October 7, Hamas sent its elite fighters across Gaza’s border to attack unarmed Jews in Israel. The ease with which the DSA glosses over their atrocities is crucial to understanding the import of their emerging prominence in the Democratic Party.
Even a partial listing of these atrocities seems excessive. Parents were murdered in front of their children, a baby was shot while she was cradled in her mother’s arms, two cowering sisters aged 13 and 16 were slaughtered inside their homes, a 79-year-old woman was killed along with her autistic twelve-year-old granddaughter. Terrified young concertgoers hiding in parked cars were systematically executed. Kids playing at a beach fled into a shelter and were slain along with the adults. A Thai worker was decapitated. Women were found shot, naked from the waist down, bound with plastic ties, their genitals burned with gasoline. Abductors filmed a woman with the seat of her pants soaked in blood and posted it on social media. And the DSA still refused to support any Israeli response other than capitulation.
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