John Fetterman threatens to quit Democratic Party if next Senate leader is critical of Israel

Democratic Senator John Fetterman suggested on Saturday that he could leave his party if Senate Democrats chose a leader he considered insufficiently pro-Israel.

Fetterman singled out Senator Chris Van Hollen, a critic of Israel who on Thursday challenged Chuck Schumer, the septuagenarian hardline pro-Israel Democrat, for the Senate leadership. Van Hollen said the party needed new leadership after voters opted for change in this month’s midterm elections.

“Yeah, absolutely,” Fetterman said in a Fox News interview on Saturday when asked whether he had a red line that would make him “walk away” from the party.

“It would be troubling if my caucus elects someone like Van Hollen that has really made his name being very anti, hostile to Israel,” said Fetterman, who has backed the Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing…