Sen. Elizabeth Warren said on Sunday that she would be open to cutting military aid to Israel, making her the latest leading figure in the Democratic presidential primary to make such a statement. Sen. Elizabeth Warren: “It is the official policy of the United States of America to support a two-state solution, and if Israel…
A campaign aide for South Bend, Indiana mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg repeatedly praised the anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on social media, the Washington Free Beacon reported Monday. Deven Anderson, now a regional organizing director for Buttigieg in Columbia, South Carolina, tweeted in April 2010 about attending a Farrakhan sermon…
Senator Bernie Sanders holds the record for the most successful Jewish presidential campaign in American history. He has relatives who died in the Holocaust. He’s speaking more about his Jewish identity. He once played a rabbi in a movie, and he barely even had to act. He is not, however, the presidential candidate who is…
(JTA) — Democratic presidential front runner and former vice president Joe Biden told a member of the IfNotNow Jewish anti-occupation movement that the “occupation is a human rights crisis,” and called for a two-state solution. He was one of three major Democratic presidential candidates who were ambushed by Jewish anti-occupation activists from the IfNotNow organization…
Over the past few months, The New York Times has asked 22 Democratic presidential candidates to sit down with their video cameras and answer 18 short but revealing questions. Many of the questions were hard-hitting policy queries like “In an ideal world, would anyone own handguns?” and “Should tech giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana who has emerged as a strong contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, said there are signs that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “turning away from peace.” “Just as an American patriot may oppose the policies of the American president, a supporter of Israel…
(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,…
South Bend, Indiana mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg slammed casino mogul and Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson while speaking in Las Vegas on Saturday, using language that led a Republican Jewish leader to accuse him of anti-Semitism. In a segment of his speech about strengthening democratic norms and voting rights, Buttigieg mentioned, “I know…
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