When the governing body of the Democratic Party convenes April 9-11, it will face a challenge to its support for Israel. The Democratic National Committee has evaded the fact that large majorities of Democrats oppose continuing military aid to Israel. According to an August 2025 Quinnipiac poll, 77% of Democrats, as well as half of registered U.S. voters overall, believe the country has committed genocide — a term that remains in dispute — in Gaza under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The stage is set for jarring discord when the DNC’s 450 members gather in New Orleans.
An NBC poll released March 16 underscores the depth of the DNC’s political folly. Registered Democrats were asked, “Are your sympathies more with the Israelis or more with the Palestinians?” The results were lopsided: 67% to 17% in favor of Palestinians.
