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piece on the candidates and Israel, at – and what it means for Israel and the those in the party. For his part, Jewish
http://www.wherewhatwhen.com/auth Democratic Party’s support for Israel. Vermont “Democratic Socialist”
ors/view/kenneth-friedman). In short, Senator Bernie Sanders appointed two
Hillary has many shortcomings, includ- There has been a remarkable shift vehemently anti-Israel supporters of
ing her current ties to notorious Israel away from Israel over the course of the BDS (the boycott, divest, sanctions
haters such as Max and Sidney Obama presidency. Not only has movement, which singles out Israel for
Blumenthal, a past that includes her Obama attempted to put daylight all that is wrong in the world). The first,
kiss of Suha Arafat after a speech in between the United States and Israel, African-American Professor Cornell
Arabic in which Arafat accused the he also pushed through (with lies and West, is so out of the mainstream, he
Israelis of systematically poisoning deceit, it has emerged) the horrifying has railed on Barack Obama as a
Palestinians through their water sup- Iran deal as one of his greatest lega- “Rockefeller Republican in blackface.”
ply, and most notably, her leadership cies. It is no secret that Obama and West has called the Gaza Strip the
of a U.S. State Department that was Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu “hood on steroids” and wrote that the
among the worst for Israel in modern loathe each other and that Israel/U.S. crimes of Hamas “pale in the face of
history are not encouraging. relations are at a low (although not the U.S.-supported Israeli slaughters of
likely at a historic low). Still, Obama innocent civilians.”
With the recent announcement that has been generally supportive of Israel
Bernie Sanders would get five selec- as it pertains to American aid and Sanders also selected James Zogby,
tions for authors of the Democratic defense for Israel. With that in mind, president of the American-Arab
Party platform, American supporters of it’s mind-blowing that there are many Institute and a long-time supporter of
Israel have much to fear. (Presumptive (in both parties, to be precise) who Arab/Muslim causes in the U.S. While
nominee Hillary Clinton gets six, and want to further increase the daylight not an open advocate for BDS, he has
Democratic National Convention chair, between the U.S. and Israel. strongly spoken out against marginal-
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D- izing the BDS movement and has spo-
FL) gets the other four.) Who these Platform Problems ken viciously about Israel in the past,
appointees are is even more troubling. Although, in practice, the platform is saying that Israel is committing a
We’ll get to these appointments in a not a binding “contract,” it says much “holocaust” against the Palestinians.
moment, but first some background about where party philosophy lies and Bernie Sanders often talks on the cam-
on the platform and its recent history more about the changing views of paign trail of family members mur-
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http://www.wherewhatwhen.com/auth Democratic Party’s support for Israel. Vermont “Democratic Socialist”
ors/view/kenneth-friedman). In short, Senator Bernie Sanders appointed two
Hillary has many shortcomings, includ- There has been a remarkable shift vehemently anti-Israel supporters of
ing her current ties to notorious Israel away from Israel over the course of the BDS (the boycott, divest, sanctions
haters such as Max and Sidney Obama presidency. Not only has movement, which singles out Israel for
Blumenthal, a past that includes her Obama attempted to put daylight all that is wrong in the world). The first,
kiss of Suha Arafat after a speech in between the United States and Israel, African-American Professor Cornell
Arabic in which Arafat accused the he also pushed through (with lies and West, is so out of the mainstream, he
Israelis of systematically poisoning deceit, it has emerged) the horrifying has railed on Barack Obama as a
Palestinians through their water sup- Iran deal as one of his greatest lega- “Rockefeller Republican in blackface.”
ply, and most notably, her leadership cies. It is no secret that Obama and West has called the Gaza Strip the
of a U.S. State Department that was Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu “hood on steroids” and wrote that the
among the worst for Israel in modern loathe each other and that Israel/U.S. crimes of Hamas “pale in the face of
history are not encouraging. relations are at a low (although not the U.S.-supported Israeli slaughters of
likely at a historic low). Still, Obama innocent civilians.”
With the recent announcement that has been generally supportive of Israel
Bernie Sanders would get five selec- as it pertains to American aid and Sanders also selected James Zogby,
tions for authors of the Democratic defense for Israel. With that in mind, president of the American-Arab
Party platform, American supporters of it’s mind-blowing that there are many Institute and a long-time supporter of
Israel have much to fear. (Presumptive (in both parties, to be precise) who Arab/Muslim causes in the U.S. While
nominee Hillary Clinton gets six, and want to further increase the daylight not an open advocate for BDS, he has
Democratic National Convention chair, between the U.S. and Israel. strongly spoken out against marginal-
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D- izing the BDS movement and has spo-
FL) gets the other four.) Who these Platform Problems ken viciously about Israel in the past,
appointees are is even more troubling. Although, in practice, the platform is saying that Israel is committing a
We’ll get to these appointments in a not a binding “contract,” it says much “holocaust” against the Palestinians.
moment, but first some background about where party philosophy lies and Bernie Sanders often talks on the cam-
on the platform and its recent history more about the changing views of paign trail of family members mur-
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