Once upon a time, there was a political powerhouse in Israel called the Labour Party. For decades, in one form or another, it dominated the political landscape, ruling Israel through its early years of statehood.
But over time, Labour’s grip weakened. The Israeli public began rejecting its message of socialism and leftist ideology. Rather than adjusting and moderating its positions, Labour chose to double down, drifting further left. This drift eventually led to the Oslo Accords in 1994 — a move that turned into a violent fiasco, unleashing years of suicide bombings and bloodshed across Israel.
Even after being defeated by Netanyahu’s Likud, the party failed to learn its lesson. Instead of realigning with the people, Labour became even more radical, shrinking into a shadow of its former self. Once the proud ruling party of Israel, it was reduced to irrelevance, forced to rebrand itself under different names, each more meaningless than the last.
Ironically, the American Democrats now seem to be following the very same path. After Donald Trump’s decisive electoral victory, one might have expected Democrats to recognize that their radical positions on the border, illegal immigration, and crime had alienated millions of voters. A logical response would have been to shift toward moderation, reclaiming the broad middle ground.