O’Rourke: Trump turning Israel into partisan issue “But we don’t have to accept that, and I don’t,” said 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke. Sept. 5, 2019
In second set of presidential debates, Warren and Sanders attack Trump on Mideast “What we need is a foreign policy that focuses on diplomacy ending conflicts by people sitting at a table and not killing each other,” said Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Jackson Richman July 31, 2019
No, it’s not about race The growth of the right-wing politics in Israel that Bernie Sanders and Beto O’Rourke decry isn’t due to racism. It’s due to the Israelis finally wising up. Victor Rosenthal April 28, 2019
Beto O’Rourke: Netanyahu is ‘racist’ for stating his aim of annexing Judea, Samaria The former Texas representative and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate added that the Israeli prime minister does not exemplify the “true will of the Israeli people” or the “best interests” in the alliance between America and Israel. April 8, 2019
O’Rourke compares rhetoric on immigrants from White House to that of Third Reich “He then went on to call asylum-seekers animals and an infestation,” said 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke. “Now we would not be surprised if in the Third Reich, other human beings were described as an infestation, as a cockroach or a pest that you would want to kill.” April 5, 2019
Record at a glance: Beto O’Rourke toes the Democratic Party line on Israel During his congressional tenure, the Texas House member largely followed his party’s stances when it came to Middle East issues, including support for the Iran nuclear deal, criticism of Israeli settlements and opposition to the embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Jackson Richman March 14, 2019
