An NBC News national exit poll put the Democratic share of the Jewish vote for the US House at 68%. A week earlier, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud emerged from Israel’s election as the largest party, with 27 of the Knesset’s 120 seats.
American Jews were voting on American concerns. Israelis brought their own fears and priorities to the ballot box. For years, I have told American Jewish leaders that they have neglected the Israeli Right. I have spent just as long trying to persuade Israelis to understand the communities abroad whose loyalty we so readily expect.
Democrats have won both houses of Congress.
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