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Fast Forward Buttigieg: Palestinian Leaders Are No Partner For Peace, But Israel Needs ‘Guidance’
(JTA) — Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg said Palestinian leaders are not “the right kinds of partners” for peace, but that Israel’s leaders need American guidance. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and a former naval intelligence officer, made his remarks Thursday at a meeting with several dozen representatives of Jewish groups held in Washington,…
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Fast Forward Nearly Half Of Jewish Democrats Backing Biden In Presidential Primary: Poll
Nearly half of Jewish Democrats prefer former vice president Joe Biden to win the Democratic presidential nomination next year, a Morning Consult poll revealed Monday. Biden is polling at 40% overall among registered Democratic voters, more than double the second-place candidate, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is sitting at 19%. But despite Sanders’s Jewish heritage,…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Bernie Sanders Says Israel Is Run By ‘Right-Wing, Racist Government’
Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders defended his stance on Israel at a CNN town hall on Monday, saying he is “100% pro-Israel” but renewed his criticisms of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that the Jewish state is “now run by a right-wing — dare I say — racist government.” Speaking at a televised event…
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Opinion Bernie Sanders Is Right: Money Always Corrupts. Will The Liberal Establishment Listen?
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders raised eyebrows in mid-April when he launched a significant salvo against the Center for American Progress (CAP), a liberal D.C. think tank. Sanders was incensed by a video produced by the think tank’s weblog, ThinkProgress, that highlighted the senator’s growing wealth following the success of his 2016 book. He responded…
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The Schmooze We Ranked Democratic Candidates By How Much They Give To Charity
To paraphrase John Lennon — tax season is over, if you want it. Tax season is over, Hallelujah. And as a benefit of the heady collision of tax time and a pre-presidential election year, major 2020 candidates have continued to release their tax returns, under growing pressure from critics and constituents. Over the past days…
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Fast Forward Beto O’Rourke Congratulates Netanyahu On Win After Calling Him A ‘Racist’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Beto O’Rourke congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu on his reelection as Israel’s prime minister a week after calling the Israeli leader a “racist.” “Let me begin by, this is is my first public opportunity to do this, to publicly congratulate Prime Minister Netanyahu on his victory,” O’Rourke, a Democratic presidential candidate, said in video posted…
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian Activists Interrupt Cory Booker Campaign Rally
(JTA) — Pro-Palestinian activists interrupted the “hometown kickoff” for the presidential campaign of Sen. Cory Booker. Booker, D-N.J., held the event in Newark, New Jersey, where he served as mayor from 2006-2013. It was the launch of what he is calling his The rally on Saturday kicked off a two-week national tour for Booker, titled…
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Opinion Israeli Elections May Show How Right Wing Young Israelis Are
We will know soon enough whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s shocking declaration in favor of extending Israeli sovereignty into the West Bank will motivate enough voters in Tuesday’s election to propel him to an unprecedented fifth term in office. But we already know this: He’s got one segment of the population in his electoral pocket…
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Film & TV The new ‘Superman’ is being called anti-Israel, but does that make it pro-Palestine?
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Fast Forward Tucker Carlson calls for stripping citizenship from Americans who served in the Israeli army
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Music Can 6 hours of Billy Joel turn critics into believers?
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