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When it comes to the world’s one and only Jewish state, Israel is really “feeling the Bern.” And not in a good way.

CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his surrogates would not, or could not, explain what he meant in his recent condemnation of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as a platform for “bigotry.”

CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) would not answer a question during the Democrat debate Tuesday night about the U.S. embassy in Israel in Jerusalem — nor would her surrogates.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Tuesday during the Democrat debate in Charleston, South Carolina, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “a reactionary racist.” The audience applauded.

AIPAC launched Facebook ads criticizing anti-Israel Democrats — then took down the ads and apologized to Democrats, not for the first time.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told New York magazine in an interview published Monday that he is “more of a Jew” than billionaire left-wing philanthropist George Soros.

Radical Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour, who is a surrogate for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), claimed Friday that Israel is built on Jewish “supremacy.”

Almost every Democratic presidential contender skipped the AIPAC pro-israel conference, but several are addressing J Street, which is often anti-Israel.

A recently published report suggests that the anti-Israel bias is growing on college campuses around the United States.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) admitted in a series of tweets Friday that the purpose of her trip to Israel centered around “witness[ing] firsthand what is happening on the ground in Palestine” — just as Israeli leadership originally suggested — and called for the U.S. to use aid as “leverage” against Israel.

California’s proposed new model “ethnic studies’ curriculum for children in public high schools includes several controversial topics — including the study of Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) as important leaders.

Republican opposition to antisemitism is a political ploy to glean money from Jewish donors, said Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) at a “Jewish Democratic summer conference.”

TEL AVIV – In a move that has been blasted as illegal by critics, Canada’s Federal Court on Monday ruled that Israeli wines from West Bank settlements can no longer be labeled “Made in Israel.”

The Daily Beast has quietly edited a hit piece on Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Mariano Rivera that accused him of harboring “secret far-right politics” and featured an image of him standing on the Israeli flag.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday that supports the anti-Israel “boycott, divestment, sanctions” (BDS) movement — and which also likens Israel to Nazi Germany.

Johnny Clegg was an anti-apartheid musician who also, quietly, rejected pressure from the South African left to denounce Israel.

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) said Monday that Montanans are “sick and tired” of “anti-American,” “radical Democrats” trashing America and said he stands with President Donald Trump on his tweets against progressive Democrats.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) told anti-Israel activists on Monday that she would end Israel’s “occupation.”

The New York Times’ “attempts to demonize Israel” have amplified antisemitism, said Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., in an interview published last Tuesday on Mark Levin’s eponymous radio show.

Last week the Associated Press ran a hit job on a successful American businessman. Simon Falic and his two brothers own the Duty Free Americas chain, a private company that runs duty free stores in airports throughout the United States and Latin America.

The BDS campaign against Israel shares disturbing connections with, and sympathy for, Palestinian terror — and works to promote its goals.

On Thursday, Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg spent much of the day regurgitating Barack Obama’s old, failed anti-Israel policies.

Schakowsky’s embrace of anti-Israel policies and personalities has helped normalize those views among Democrats, who have consequently shown increasing tolerance for left-wing antisemitism.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism after Democrats invited anti-Israel Imam Omar Suleiman to deliver the invocation at the opening of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) criticized journalists on Sunday for spreading a “lie” about the death of a one-year-old Palestinian whom news outlets said had been killed by Israeli strikes, but which the IDF says was killed by an errant rocket fired by terrorist groups.

Breitbart News reviewed the Twitter feeds of every Democratic presidential candidate and found no comments about the situation in Gaza and Israel.

A 17-year-old Swedish high school student attempted to give a pro-Israel speech in front of her classmates but was shut down by teachers who said it would be met with negative reactions.

The number of antisemitic incidents in the German capital continues to grow with experts warning that incidents are becoming more violent.

Ben Rhodes, a former national security aide to President Barack Obama, told the New York Times this week that the “donor class” had prevented Obama from taking more anti-Israel steps than the administration had wanted to take.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is facing a torrent of criticism from the left after she met with AIPAC delegates in her office after skipping the AIPAC conference.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) attacked Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in a social media post Tuesday after he referenced her comment that pro-Israel lawmakers were “all about the Benjamins.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabrti, cheered Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Thursday for her recent antisemitic remarks about AIPAC.

Comedian and liberal activist Sarah Silverman offered effusive praise for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Monday after the latter published an op-ed in the Washington Post outlining her foreign policy views.

The Washington Post attempted to defend the anti-Israel views of Rep. Rashida Tlaib by claiming falsely that Tlaib opposes a “a Jewish-only state.”

Notably, the Post did not even try to debunk Trump’s claim that “Democrats have become an anti-Israel party.” That part seems beyond debate.

Democrats have officially adopted the position that antisemitism must be tolerated if it might be construed as an effort to criticize Israel.