I saw an article in the Times this morning that floored me
Headline reads:
Jewish Allies Call Trump’s Dinner With Antisemites a Breaking Point
For much of Donald J. Trump’s presidency, Jewish Republicans rationalized away the bigoted fringe of Mr. Trump’s coalition, arguing that the unsavory supporters in his midst and the antisemitic tropes he deployed paled in comparison with the staunchly pro-Israel policies of his administration. But last week, Mr. Trump dined at his Palm Beach palace, Mar-a-Lago, with the performer Kanye West, who had already been denounced for making antisemitic statements, and with Nick Fuentes, an outspoken antisemite and Holocaust denier, granting the antisemitic fringe a place of honor at his table. Now, even some of Mr. Trump’s staunchest supporters say they can no longer ignore the abetting of bigotry by the nominal leader of the Republican Party.
“I am a child of survivors. I have become very frightened for my people,” Morton Klein, head of the right-wing Zionist Organization of America, said on Monday, referring to his parents’ survival of the Holocaust. “Donald Trump is not an antisemite. He loves Israel. He loves Jews. But he mainstreams, he legitimizes Jew hatred and Jew haters. And this scares me.”
Not all Republican leaders have spoken out, but Jewish Republicans are slowly peeling away from a former president who, for years, insisted he had no ties to the bigoted far right, but refused to repudiate it. Jewish figures and organizations that have stood by Mr. Trump, from Mr. Klein’s group to the pro-Trump commentator Ben Shapiro to Mr. Trump’s own former ambassador to Israel and onetime bankruptcy lawyer, David M. Friedman, have all spoken out since the dinner.
For Jews, the concern extends far beyond a single meal at Mar-a-Lago, though that dinner has become a touchstone, especially for Jewish Republicans.
The article is behind a paywall but that is the gist of it.
I guess all it takes is to have some dumb rally and say you support Israel while encouraging anti-Semite hate groups as supporters. Some people just walk around with their eyes closed. ( I said it that way to be kind. What I wanted to say was much more derogatory )
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I should trend very lightly here. Apologies up front. Not trying to stir up a hornets nest. Hoping for a safe spot for discussion.
You are correct in saying there is a wide spectrum of opinion among Jews both here in the US, those abroad and those in Israel proper. And personally, I don't have a horse in the race. While I would like to see those in the Middle East provide a tolerant environment for all of their neighbors, I realize it might be impossible given the fanatics in the neighborhood. I don't have to live with folks trying to blow themselves up to maximum impact a stones throw away from me, though an argument can be made Americans suffer the same type of consequences via mass shootings.
From what I've seen, Middle East bedfellows over the last decade are strange indeed. You see (some) Israeli politicians aligning themselves with the house of Saud (and their ultra conservative Wahhabi Sunni clerics) against the Iranian Ayatollah (Shiites). Similarly I see some (of the more politically active) evangelicals giving free hand to Israel to do as they wish in hopes that this will start Armageddon and the Rapture.
The coalitions are all backwards and double stabbing. To think the Wahhabi (Sunni) would coexist with a Jewish state is crazy; they are only interested in supporting Israel because they attack a common enemy, Iran (Shiites). Israeli politicians like the Republican hands off policy to handle their internal and external affairs with minimum interference even though some evangelicals seem to think supporting Israel will get them one step closer to the second coming (and the destruction of world). They also seem to conveniently ignore the overt applied anti semitism often expressed by their Republican supporters (I guess they think that's something that only affects American Jews).
And I haven't even scratched the surface in regards to the sects within the Jewish faith (Reform, Conservative et al) that undoubtedly shape the opinions within the Jewish community and play heavily in Israeli politics.
Peace (hopefully). 
Just like he loves "the blacks," right? That guy obviously has not been paying attention. Tfg is a con artist who welcomes suckers of all stripes into his fold.
I could kill someone in broad daylight and my supporters would still support me.
That's what he thinks of all of his supporters, but you can just sense that added layer of satisfaction when someone from a group he openly despises or envies drinks the Kool-Aid. If he loved you he would NOT be putting you in harm's way. Wake up!
