2016 Postmortem

Uncle Joe

(58,284 posts) Tue Mar 22, 2016, 06:15 AM Mar 2016

Bernie Sanders Delivered A Killer AIPAC Speech ... In Utah

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“We are obligated to speak the truth as we see it, and that is what real friendship demands, especially in difficult times,” Sanders said. “It is important among friends to be honest and truthful about differences we may have.”

While Sanders declared his support for Israel’s continued existence as a Jewish state, he also talked about Palestinian unemployment and poverty.

“When we talk about Israel and Palestinian areas, it is important to understand that today there is a whole lot of suffering among Palestinians and that cannot be ignored,” he said.

Clinton had mentioned the sensitive issue of Israeli settlements just once in her speech to AIPAC on Monday morning. In contrast, Sanders spent significant time condemning construction of the settlements as counter-productive to the currently nonexistent peace process. He said that peace would require “compromises on both sides.”

He called it “absurd for elements in [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s government to say that building more settlements in the West Bank is the appropriate response” to the most recent round of violence in the country. He argued that new settlement construction ultimately undermines Israeli security and predicted that Israel would have to pull back settlements in the West Bank, “just as it did in Gaza.” And he criticized Netanyahu’s government for withholding tax revenue it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority.

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Sanders did not explicitly lay out the parameters for what a two-state solution should look like. But he said that Hamas and Hezbollah would have to “renounce efforts” to undermine Israel’s security and that he’d require “the entire world” to recognize Israel’s right to exist. He also said that Israelis should feel secure from violence and terrorism, while Palestinians should have self-determination and civil rights. He argued in favor of ending the economic blockade of Gaza.

The senator implicitly criticized AIPAC for lobbying against the Iran nuclear agreement last year.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-aipac-israel_us_56f072eae4b09bf44a9e34a1

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Bernie Sanders Delivered A Killer AIPAC Speech ... In Utah (Original Post) Uncle Joe Mar 2016 OP

And interestingly: Sanders wins Democratic primary in Israel beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #1

I just posted a separate OP to that effect. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #2

Where? I'll be happy to K & R! beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #3

Here Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #4

Ah, I was looking for a headline about Israel. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #5

According to that OP, Bernie won every Middle Eastern Country including Israel. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #6

And Denmark! beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #7

beam me up scottie

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1. And interestingly: Sanders wins Democratic primary in Israel

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Tue Mar 22, 2016, 06:23 AM

Mar 2016

Sanders wins Democratic primary in Israel

A majority of American expats living in Israel strongly support the Vermont senator for Democratic nomination, handing him a victory in the Democrats Abroad global primary.
Associated Press
Published: 03.21.16, 21:58 / Israel News

An overwhelming majority of American Democrats living in Israel voted for Bernie Sanders in the Democrats Abroad global primary, gaining 60.8 percent of the vote in Israel, while Hillary Clinton earned 39.1 percent.

Votes were casted in 38 countries by Internet, mail and in person from March 1-8. Overall, Sanders received 69 percent of the 34,570 votes to earn nine of the 13 delegates at stake. Hillary Clinton won 31 percent, picking up four delegates.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4781431,00.html