Tag: Dual Loyalty

Rep. Mark Pocan has been engaging in a prolonged social media campaign against AIPAC, leveling criticisms at the pro-Israel lobbying group linked to antisemitic tropes and accusations.
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly made statements suggesting that American Jews who vote for Democrats are disloyal to Israel, insinuating a dual loyalty between American Jews and Israel.
Former President Donald Trump criticized Mazi Melesa Pilip, a Jewish Republican candidate, for failing to seek his endorsement in a special election to replace expelled GOP Rep. George Santos.
The ongoing Israel-Hamas war has led to scrutiny and even punishment of Israel's Arab-Palestinian minority for mourning their kin in Gaza, as discussed by Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi.
Throughout history, there has been a disturbing trend of accusing Jews of disloyalty to their countries, leading to consequences such as wrongful convictions, conspiracies, and discrimination.
President Trump addressed the Republican Jewish Coalition, seemingly mistaking them for Israelis, and referred to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as "your prime minister," which some saw as implying dual loyalty, a sensitive anti-Semitic trope.
Jonathan Pollard, a former American naval intelligence analyst convicted of spying for Israel in 1987, has served the longest prison term in American history for espionage for an ally.