Tag: 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
Sanders has short coattails, if any at all
Possibly our first Jewish president, and already Americans are panicking.
This sigh of relief: Democratic leaders and others are raising concerns about an overreaching agenda and a misguided approach to Israel, not over his religion...
Sanders, AIPAC and Israel
Leading Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has announced that he will not attend the 2020 AIPAC policy conference, saying, “The Israeli people have the right to live in peace and security. So do the...
Bloomberg first Democratic candidate confirmed to address AIPAC conference
Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is scheduled to address the AIPAC Policy Conference, announced the pro-Israel lobby on Tuesday.
Bloomberg is the first presidential candidate confirmed to speak at the annual...
Will Bernie turn Jews into Trump supporters?
This is a scary moment for centrist and pro-Israel Democrats. Sen. Bernie Sanders’s overwhelming victory in the Nevada caucuses, coupled with the disastrous debut of Michael Bloomberg in last week’s Las Vegas debate, has...
Sanders says he will skip AIPAC conference, pro-Israel lobby group calls move ‘shameful’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the frontrunner in the Democratic presidential primary, announced on Sunday that he will skip the annual AIPAC Policy Conference next week.
“The Israeli people have the right to live in peace and security....
Bloomberg’s money and the anti-Semitism defense
At a time of a rising tide of anti-Semitism sweeping across the globe, groups tasked with monitoring and combating Jew-hatred are needed more than ever. Yet the Anti-Defamation League continues to sabotage the effort...
Foreign-policy issues, including Iran, absent from Nevada Democratic debate
After a string of the Democratic presidential debates that included or at least alluded to U.S. foreign policy, including Iran, the Democratic candidate forum on Wednesday night at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas...
Why are Democrats skipping out on AIPAC?
Who’s going to #SkipAIPAC? The hashtag campaign created by the anti-Zionist IfNotNow group is winning even when their demands that Democrats, and especially their presidential candidates, stay away from the annual AIPAC policy conference...
Warren: ‘I will reverse the Trump administration’s new policy on settlements’
Responding to a New York Times survey last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pledged to reverse U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision in November on Israeli settlements, while former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg would keep the U.S. Embassy...
Warren tells constituent she has no plans to go to AIPAC conference
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said on Thursday in Derry, N.H., that she would not attend next month’s AIPAC Policy Conference.
She relayed her decision via an answer to a question by a potential constituent.
“I’m...