A new Democrat parlor game involves coming to Israel to attack the locals.

Rahm Emanuel and Ro Khanna magically came to Israel when nobody asked for their presence. Why would they come here when missiles could be coming down again without much notice? Aren’t there better places to take vacations? The answer is that they both are trying to outrun their pasts.

Rahm Emanuel’s father was born in Israel. The family name comes from the first name of an uncle who died in Mandate Palestine, while “Rahm” in Hebrew means exalted. And while both Emanuel and Khanna are lefty Democrats, it was not that long ago when a Democrat could congratulate Israel on its Independence Day or support Israel against terror attacks. Not anymore. Israel was accused of genocide before it had even gotten its hands on all of the terrorists still in its territory. Long before the IDF began its response to the October 7, 2023 massacre, Israel was accused of being a racist, genocidal, no-good, murdering outlaw. And since this is the view of much of the Democrat Party, there is no advantage being a pro-Israel politician on that side of the aisle. Emanuel said during his visit that he would support sanctions against Israel and believes that the Palestinians should have their own state. They did in Gaza, as there were no Jews there and their elected Hamas reps ran the joint. They used their state to murder Jews. No thanks on giving them a new state to do the same again.

And as for Khanna, he refused to coordinate his visit with Israel or the US Embassy. He traveled with Palestinian “activists” and a NY Times photographer. They left the main road and headed towards a “Civilian Military Zone”. Local security, and not wild-eyed settlers, checked them out prior to the arrival of IDF soldiers. He turned down offers to meet October 7 victim families and released hostages. He came to show the Democrat base that he........

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