This past Monday, House of Representatives Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi reiterated her “love” for Israel while expressing concern about Israel’s war in Gaza at a guest-speaking event for University of California Washington Program, or UCDC, students. Pelosi will launch the Nancy Pelosi Institute in partnership with UC Berkeley in January. Pelosi said the institute will encourage campus students to become involved in public policy around questions of democracy and diversity. Pelosi discussed her evolving stance on Israel’s war in Gaza, stating that “in life the people you trust the most and love the most can disappoint you the most.” She contextualized her position by discussing the 1940s congressional tenure of her father, whom she described as a “champion for Israel” because of the affinity between Italian Americans and Jewish Americans in her hometown of Baltimore. “That’s how we were raised about loving Israel, loving Israel, establishing a state of Israel, loving Israel, loving ...