This we knew.
Buried in the story was the news, as he reported, "There were risks to courting the party's left. After his speech, Booker posed with pro-Palestinian activists and held a sign reading 'from Palestine to Mexico, all the walls have got to go' -- though his office later explained that he did not realize the sign was partly referring to Israel."
Hmm. Six years after Democrats booed God and moving our embassy to Jerusalem, the Palestinians are out.
"A spokesman for Booker told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that Booker was caught in a rush of people asking for photos when he was handed the sign to hold," the Washington Examiner reported.
The quote from Jeff Giertz, the spokesman, was, "Just before delivering a speech in New Orleans, Senator Booker was approached by dozens of people for photos.
"In one instance, amid the rush, he was posing for a photo and was passed a sign to hold – he didn’t have time to read the sign, and from his cursory glance he thought it was talking about Mexico and didn’t realize it had anything to do with Israel.
"He hopes for a day when there will be no need for security barriers in the State of Israel, but while active terrorist organizations threaten the safety of the people living in Israel, security barriers are unfortunate but necessary to protect human lives."
So not only are Palestinians out but Democrats support Israel walling them off.
This is from a New Jersey Democrat, a state that last voted Republican in a presidential contest 30 years ago. Not only that but the local newspapers are rallying behind his new pro-Israel stand, with one dragging out Rabbi David A. Teutsch to vouch for him.
"Booker's record shows he's knowledgeable and passionate about the challenges faced by our closest ally. That is why it is so disturbing to see unjustified partisan attacks on him emanating from fringe corners of the pro-Israel community, in the wake of his recent committee vote on the Taylor Force Act," the rabbi wrote.
That act protested the Palestine government's payment of pensions to terrorists.
What gives?
First, support for Palestinians has vanished in the Middle East with only Iran -- a Persian nation, not Arab -- backing terrorist attacks on Israel.
Saudi Arabia and Israel are increasingly less secret allies.
Second, President Trump's move of the embassy to Jerusalem signaled the sea change, as did his historic -- and little reported -- direct flight from Riyadh to Ben Gurion Airport in Lod last year. It was a first.
Senator Booker's admission that supporting Palestine is wrong shows Democrats have changed their principles with the shifting wind.
Who knows; before this is over they may say they believe in God.
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