Not so long ago in America, immediately after a Democratic politician announced a run for president, he or she would make a series of public gestures supporting Israel. This would range from a major address before an American-Jewish audience, to the required visit to the Holy Land.
In a way, even mild criticism of the Jewish state would have amounted to political suicide when it came to a Democrat running for high office.
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