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Sen. Kamala Harris’s speech also consisted of calling for an assault-weapons ban, universal background checks for guns, better pay for teachers, and repealing the 2017 Republican tax reform and tax cuts.
“I would rescind the president’s affirmation of sovereignty of Israel over the Golan Heights,” she said in response to the Council on Foreign Relations. “I understand the occupation of the Golan, but only until there is a stable government in Syria with whom one can negotiate.”
It prompted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to interrupt moderator Don Lemon, saying, “We’re on the march to war in Iran right now!”
“I believe in freedom of religion and freedom of speech,” said the governor of Washington at an event at the Islamic Center of Detroit.
“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.
U.S. presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says while he is “not anti-Israel,” America “cannot just be pro-Israel, pro-Israel, pro-Israel,” but has to be “pro-region.”
“We don’t have to agree with every action of every Israeli government to recognize that Israeli people deserve real security; part of that translates into making sure that we speak out at every opportunity against hateful rhetoric,” he told JNS.
The group has approached several leading Democrats to voice support against a term that has often been used by anti-Israel groups in the attempt to delegitimize Israel.
The three would also reinstate talks towards a diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Steve Bullock joined other 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, including Pete Buttigieg, Marianne Williamson, John Hickenlooper and Amy Klobuchar, who would not move it back to Tel Aviv.
Two IfNotNow activists approached Warren, who was campaigning in New Hampshire, with one of them telling her, “We really love the way you’re fighting corruption. We’d really love it if you also pushed the Israeli government to end occupation.”
Berger’s anti-Israel history includes supporting violent demonstrations, as demonstrated by now-deleted Twitter posts.
