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LINK Bernie Sanders: US policy in Mideast can't be 'pro-Israel, pro-Israel, pro-Israel'

A sticky subject here. I once posted about this and a remark I made got some folks upset. I don't regret that. Fairness is the key.

IAJO163 8 July 27
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I trust Sanders about as far as I could throw a freight train. Anyone who would stoop to the level of endorsing Clinton can never be given my trust. It'll take more than words, it will take ACTION.

THHA Level 7 July 27, 2019
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It's the religious hard right wing in both Israel and America that keeps the 2-state solution out of reach. As long as Jewish and Christian extremists insist that Israel has a "God given" right to all of the land in the "historic" Israel, those seeking a genuine diplomatic solution will be at a disadvantage.

Diplomacy is based on compromise. There's no compromise when one side has already staked out, in advance, a position that says, "We get everything and that's that."

The only way forward is for Israelis to vote out their hard right government and vote in moderates who genuinely want a solution, and for Americans to do the same. Sadly, we alternate between administrations who want a peace process (Clinton, Obama) and those who pander to the religious right (Bush, trump...).

@powder I'm guessing they would use their cognitive dissonance. "The dating techniques are flawed." "The samples are contaminated." "God made the data misleading in order to test our faith."

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Israel is the only civilized nation in the region. Of course we should support them.

zesty Level 7 July 27, 2019
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