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On Sunday 7/12, the News and Observer reported that "Biden forges brand of liberal populism to use against Trump" (Barrow and Weisert, via the Associated Press), including a list of issues on which Biden is trying to take a progressive lead like health care, criminal justice, and the environment.  If he stops before he figures out that he should stop criticizing Israel for endangering the two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conundrum, he will have stopped too soon.  The progressive community, including progressive Jews, have moved past the two-state solution to envisioning how Palestinians and Israelis, Jewish and Arab, can occupy together the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.  The United States must stop sheltering Israel with its massive military aid and protecting it in international judicial organizations and help Palestinians gain equal rights in the shared land.  That's how Biden can distinguish himself from Trump and from his own past self and take a progressive lead in November 2020.

 


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  1. Test blog wpcJuly 14, 2020 at 6:54 PM

    Bravo Judith. Well said. Maybe the Sanders people can push him that way. Assuming Sanders is pro single state. Do you know? Hope you are published.

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