Jewish leaders to the left of Blue and White have been just as resistant to appealing to Palestinian voters because the mood of Israeli public is so anti- Palestinian. ... Some on Israeli left continue to imagine coalition of Palestinian and Jewish voters to break open..…

Zionism was a pet left-wing cause at the time: it was the conservatives in both parties who opposed it. . Fearful of losing the largely left-wing Jewish vote to Wallace, Truman made a blatantly political move in coming out for Israel. ..…