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Democrats’ pro-Israel policy can change by someone ‘with ethics’

Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters at an election rally in Ventura, California on May 26, 2016. (photos by AFP)

Changing US Democrats’ traditional proclivity for Israel despite all the crimes the regime commits against humanity needs some candidate “with ethics” like Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, says a Washington-based author.

The Democratic candidate, running against pro-Israel Hilary Clinton, recently spoke of an “evenhanded” treatment of Palestinians in the US politics, gripped with a penchant for Tel Aviv.

“I believe that for too long our country and our government have not given the Palestinian people the respect that they need,” said the senator in an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday.

Although he also declared himself “100% supportive of Israel’s right to exist,” the Democratic hopeful could still be branded as an anti-Semitist, “the normal dog whistle used by those who promote the Israeli policies no matter how outrageous they are,” according to investigative journalist Wayne Madsen.

“Sanders has really done an awful lot to move the United States off of its traditional pro-Israel-at-any cost policy,” Madsen said in an interview with Press TV on Monday. “It obviously takes somebody with ethics like Senator Sanders, somebody that puts US interests, in just decent humanity, above political considerations.”

Israeli soldiers patrol a street in the northern West Bank village of Salem, east of Nablus, during an operation to arrest wanted Palestinians early on May 30, 2016.

“I think Senator Sanders deserves a lot of credit for his heroic stance because he’s now going to be attacked.”

On the other hand, his rival, the former first lady and secretary of state, has a clear record of support for the regime and played the role of an “unabashed panderer” to Israel and its hawkish prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the analyst noted.

Sanders, a  Jew who has lived in Israel for a while, was the only candidate to ditch the 2016 AIPAC policy conference, where US presidential candidates took the stage to voice unconditional support for the regime in an apparent attempt to attract more campaign funding from the influential Zionist lobby in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.

To get the green light, the other hopefuls voiced support for Israel by attacking Iran and Palestine more than ever before during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee event in March.

Clinton, for her part, said she would “take the US-Israel alliance to the next level," warning against college campus BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) movement and "the growing effort to delegitimize Israel."

This is while the regime is being increasingly censured by the global community for its expansive policies as well as violation of the Palestinian nation living under occupation.


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