Conservatives are divided over Israel, and the Thomas Massie congressional race has brought that split into the open. On Episode 72, Daniel Rosenberg, Michael Dye and Lloyd Golburgh try to have the argument with some nuance.
The panel asks what is really dividing the right over Massie and Israel, and where isolationist principles run into strategic alliances.
Criticism and antisemitism
The longest stretch of the episode asks whether criticizing Israeli policy is automatically antisemitic. The panel also asks why Israel draws so much attention while other global crises get far less, and how antisemitism is shaping current elections and candidates. They discuss a recent mosque shooting and the antisemitic manifesto connected to it.
Cuba and El Salvador
The episode closes in Latin America. The panel discusses the recent indictment of Raúl Castro, connected to the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue case, and asks whether it is principled justice or political theater. They use El Salvador under President Nayib Bukele as a point of comparison on security, liberty and polarization.
Throughout, the panel comes back to how trauma, media narratives and public loyalty tests shape the way these debates play out.
This brief summarizes reporting and analysis discussed on Two Taps and Friends. It is not legal advice.
