Inside US Democrats' Gaza fight - and what it means for 2028 elections
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 747 Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
As Kamala Harris weighs another run in 2028, the Democratic Party faces a split over Israel policy. A new report suggests it may have cost votes in 2024. With a base that has shifted dramatically, can the party keep up with what its voters now expect?
In this episode:
- Omar Baddar (@OmarBaddar), Political Analyst
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Marcos Bartolomé, Sonia Bhagat, Chloe K. Li, David Enders and Tuleen Barakat, with Spencer Cline, and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by Tamara Khandaker and Noor Wazwaz.
The Take production team is Marcos Bartolomé, Sonia Bhagat, Spencer Cline, Sarí el-Khalili, Tamara Khandaker, Chloe K. Li, Alexandra Locke, Catherine Nouhan, Alex Roldan, and Noor Wazwaz. Our host is Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:10.9 | Today, the issue Democrats still don't know how to talk about. |
| 0:15.7 | They know that there is a crisis right now within the Democratic Party base about Israel. |
| 0:20.3 | They can see the public opinion |
| 0:21.6 | polling. Unfavorable views of Israel have skyrocketed. |
| 0:26.2 | As the Democratic Party looks to 2008, its base has shifted dramatically on Gaza. But can the party |
| 0:33.4 | catch up to its voters? And what happens if it doesn't? |
| 0:41.7 | I'm Malika Milal and this is The Take. |
| 0:52.1 | Hey everyone, before we go on with today's show, |
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| 1:13.3 | I am Omar Bidar and I am a U.S. Middle East policy analyst, focused primarily on Israel and |
| 1:20.0 | Palestine, but other issues as well. |
| 1:22.5 | Omar, welcome back to the take. Now, of course, you and I go way back and we've had discussions |
| 1:27.2 | like the one we're going to have today, in person, all the take. Now, of course, you and I go way back, and we've had discussions like the one |
| 1:27.7 | we're going to have today, in person, all the time. But let's share it with a wider audience now. |
| 1:34.9 | Let's start with a name that we haven't heard in a while, and that is Kamala Harris. |
| 1:40.2 | She's weighing another presidential run in 2008, and as she's doing that, she's asking the Democratic National Committee to release its autopsy of what happened during her last campaign. |
| 1:53.2 | What have you heard about what the report says? |
| 1:57.3 | So we don't know fully what's in the report, but we do know that based on what has leaked in Axios, |
| 2:04.8 | that the policies of the Biden-Harris administration on Gaza and Kamala Harris's refusal |
| 2:11.9 | to deviate from that policy of applying pressure on Israel and some measure of accountability |
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