Maher: Anti-AIPAC Dems Saying Israel Is ‘Dirty’ ‘Monster Country’ and That ‘Gives Permission’ to Antisemites, Israel Support Toxic for Dems

During the online “Overtime” segment of Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that it has become toxic to support Israel among Democrats and Democrats who are starting to refuse AIPAC money are saying that “Israel is a monster country and it’s a dirty country and this is dirty money, and that gives permission to a lot of people who are actually antisemitic to say, well, you know what, if a Democratic senator won’t take their money, this must be a dirty country.”

Maher read a viewer question on Democrats distancing themselves from AIPAC that asked, “Has it become toxic to support Israel?”

He answered, “I think it has, for the Democrats.”

He added, “I think, when you’re a Democrat, and you don’t take money from AIPAC, which they have forever, what you’re saying is, Israel is a monster country and it’s a dirty country and this