ADVERTISEMENT
Sanders’ resolutions were never widely expected to pass. Even many of his allies acknowledged the uphill battle. But the scale of the defeat revealed something deeper than simple legislative math. It exposed how firmly entrenched bipartisan support for Israel remains in Washington, even amid unprecedented global scrutiny and outrage. The vote margin signaled that, despite growing protests and shifting public opinion in some quarters, the institutional center of American politics has not yet moved in tandem.
