Pro-Israel college students who have watched socialism and anti-Israel activism gain ground on campus say the same political currents are now colliding with the Democratic Party — and the backlash is pushing some young Jewish voters to the right."Even before the craziness of the post-October 7 campus climate, it was already an underlying sense of, 'America is bad and we're gonna learn about that,'" University of Michigan rising senior Addison Stone told Fox News Digital.Speaking at the Israel on Campus Coalition’s national summit in Washington this week, students said political currents they have watched spread on college campuses are increasingly surfacing in Democratic politics, particularly as the party’s progressive wing gains ground and clashes deepen over Israel.Dylan Goldman, a rising senior at UC Berkeley, identified himself as "left leaning" and told Fox News Digital that Democratic lawmakers welcoming the popular socialist candidates – who overwhelmingly hold hostile postures toward Israel – are making a "really poor move."DEMOCRATS LURE ‘POLITICALLY HOMELESS’ GEN Z TOWARD SOCIALISM — A COUNTERATTACK IS TAKING SHAPEIsraeli pop star Harel Skaat performs for students at the 2026 ICC National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.(Fox News Digital)"Jewish Democrats who are not single-issue voters...
now feel so alienated by our own party that it’s pushing us conservative.It’s pushing to go further right," said Goldman.Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive whose campaign drew support from the democratic socialist movement, won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary Tuesday, adding to a string of victories for left-wing candidates challenging the Democratic establishment as the party battles for control of Congress in November’s midterm elections.The conference brought hundreds of pro-Israel students to Washington for advocacy training, networking and discussions on supporting Israel, combating antisemitism and strengthening the U.S.-Israel relat...