Democrats torn between voters and donors on Palestine – Mondoweiss

Democrats and their base among the institutional Jewish community have come to realize that Israel is costing them votes, and they’re flailing desperately as they try to respond.

This desperation was on full display recently when former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has long been known to have presidential aspirations, embarrassed himself in an interview on the podcast, Pod Save America, hosted by several former officials in Barack Obama’s administration.

When…