The risks of a Bernie Sanders nomination are causing the Democratic establishment anxiety, except in regard to one reliably liberal voting bloc: Jews.
Sanders would ratchet up the pressure on Israel to reach a peace accord with the Palestinians, possibly holding crucial military aid hostage to exact painful concessions from Jerusalem. But, unpalatable as such policies might be with Jewish voters, fidelity to liberal domestic programs and visceral opposition to President Trump are expected to supersede concerns about the socialist Vermont senator’s Israel agenda.
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