The Israeli-American Council (IAC) annual summit featured further consternation over Israel’s flailing brand.

I wanted to pull a salient quote from this article, but the whole article is salient. Especially wrt Khanna, Newsome, Peitzinger, and I have to admit I lol’d at the SSA comment. Nonetheless:

Welch was recently interviewed by David Remnick at the New Yorker. Here is some of that exchange.
When asked about Newsom, Welch said that, “I think he’s going to have a very hard time if he doesn’t really get in the trenches with where the base has moved. I think that’s going to be what’s most shocking for the Democratic establishment candidates, is how much the base has moved away from corporate Dems.”
David Remnick: Who does that leave you with?
Jennifer Welch: I’ll tell you, I love Ro Khanna. I don’t think he’s going to run for office. Somebody who I think can be interesting is JB Pritzker. He’s a billionaire.
David Remnick: And a real one.
Jennifer Welch: A real billionaire. He is Jewish. He has an opportunity to speak to what a lot of people in the Democratic base have issues with, with Palestine. If he can call what is happening a genocide, if he can call Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal, he would be a credible messenger.
David Remnick: Those are litmus tests for you.
Jennifer Welch: I hate the word litmus test, but I’m realistic in the sense that I believe that we have to call what we’re seeing realistically. You cannot gaslight people about it.