Florida Primary Venue Cancels Rashida Tlaib Event Amid Gaza and Iran War Debate

The decision came after Democratic state representative Michael Gottlieb attacked the gathering as an "anti-Jew" event. The venue cited security concerns and the organisers moved elsewhere. American politicians who question Washington's support for Israel have long been told their position sits beyond the limits of respectable politics.

But candidates are continuing to run on those positions, and voters are sometimes rewarding them. The argument over Palestine is starting to merge with a much older American anxiety: the fear of being dragged into yet another war in the Middle East. The war with Iran, begun in late February by the United States and Israel, has made foreign policy harder to keep at a comfortable distance from everyday American life.

Nearly six months on, there is still no persuasive sense of where the conflict is meant to end. There is, however, a much clearer sense of what it costs.