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2019-11-06 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Leading Democrats Call for Conditioning Military Aid to Israel
[Free Beacon] Three leading Democratic presidential candidates recently endorsed a new policy regarding U.S. military aid to Israel: It should be conditioned on Israel embracing policies toward the Palestinians favored by American progressives.

At the J Street conference last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) demanded that Israel "fundamentally change" its approach to terrorist-controlled Gaza, adding, "I think it is fair to say that some [U.S. military aid to Israel] should go right now into humanitarian aid in Gaza." Israeli officials believe such moves would enable Hamas to import more weapons and lead to another war. South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg
... former presidential candidate and future former mayor. His husband must be a bit concerned that it’s his turn to support them both in the style to which a former McKinsey consultant is entitled to be accustomed...
called for cutting aid if Israel annexes the West Bank, which Israel has no plans to do. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) said military aid should be cut if Israel is "moving in the opposite direction" of the "two-state solution," which most progressives believe Israel is doing. None of the candidates announced demands on the Palestinians.

The statements show the extent to which anti-Israel sentiment has spread from progressive activists to the Democratic Party mainstream. The calls for aid cuts are at odds with the longstanding strategic rationale for military aid to Israel, which has never been intended to promote peace with the Palestinians or the two-state solution.
Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-06 03:51|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 So, what's the innovation here? Doing it before election?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-06 05:09||   2019-11-06 05:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Many folks in the US are still in denial about the deep anti-Semitism among the Democrat faithful. Anything that calls attention to it is a good thing.
Posted by rjschwarz 2019-11-06 10:05||   2019-11-06 10:05|| Front Page Top

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