Tag: Joe Biden
J Street’s endorsement of Biden raises Israeli issues
The politics linked to Israel got a tad more uncomfortable, thanks to the main U.S. presidential contenders.
Last Friday, J Street endorsed Joe Biden’s bid to oust President Trump on Nov. 3, which he readily welcomed....
Biden needs the Bernie Bros. Will he give them a say in policy?
In a flight of fancy and an almost superfluous reminder of his irrelevance, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman suggested this week that a dream cabinet for Joe Biden should he win in November would include...
Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden for president
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) endorsed his rival, Joe Biden, for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nominee on Monday, less than a week after suspending his campaign and dropping out of the running, making the former U.S. vice...
Joe Biden: Israel’s fake ‘friend’
Former Vice President Joe Biden has made a habit of describing himself as a loyal, stalwart friend and ally of Israel. At a campaign stop earlier this month, for instance, he declared: “I’m so proud of...
Biden campaign launches Jewish outreach effort in Florida
The Democratic presidential campaign of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden started a Jewish outreach initiative in Florida, where there are as many as 650,000 Jews—a good number of them seniors—on Sunday ahead of the state’s primary...
Biden’s revival means a return to Obama’s Middle East policies
As far as many Democrats are concerned, the possibility of one nightmare has been averted. Now they think it’s time to make the other bad dream in the form of President Donald Trump go...
Bloomberg drops out of 2020 presidential race, endorses candidate Joe Biden
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg suspended his run on Wednesday for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and endorsed former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, after spending more than $500 million of his...
Biden to AIPAC: ‘I support Israel and a Palestinian state’
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden spoke to attendees of the annual AIPAC Policy Conference in a video address on Sunday, stating that he will always support Israel, but that he also believes in a...
On the campaign trail, IfNotNow baits 2020 candidates to condemn so-called ‘occupation’
Making headlines over the past year in targeting the mainstream Jewish community and its support for Israel, the upstart IfNowNow group has now thrown itself into the 2020 presidential ring. In the past few...
Booker, Biden, Gillibrand wouldn’t move US embassy in Jerusalem if elected president
U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand, and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, have said that if elected president in 2020, each of them would keep the U.S. embassy in Israel in Jerusalem, despite criticizing U.S. President...