"In recent years, Democrats have moved, slowly and haltingly, toward a recognition that defending Israeli democracy and Palestinian rights requires publicly challenging the Israeli government. A Biden presidency would undo that progress almost entirely...The polling is clear: Most ordinary Democrats want to end US complicity in the denial of Palestinian human rights. At stake in the 2020 presidential primary is whether Democrats finally choose a leader who does too."
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"Joe Biden’s Alarming Record on Israel: No one in the Obama administration did more to shield Netanyahu from consequences" in Jewish Currents (2020)
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