Sanders moves toward fight over Israel, forcing Hillary Clinton to navigate splintered party(HRC GP)

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8. Huh.

I stay out of I/P arguments, but I saw an old speech by Sanders that I not only agreed with, was "pro-Israel" as far as it went.

Any way, to parse this out;

Sanders, in a interview with The Times on Wednesday, declared himself “100% supportive of Israel’s right to exist.” well, yes, that's very nice of you to say Senator, I agree wholeheartedly.


Israel, he said, has a right “to take all actions that are needed to protect itself from terrorism.”, again, not controversial, and a very common sense thing to say

“But I believe that for too long our country and our government have not given the Palestinian people the respect that they need,” he added. “Long term, if there’s going to be peace in the Middle East, a lasting peace, the Palestinian people are going to have to be treated with respect and dignity." Again, agreed. This is a priority and a pathway to peace.

So am I to assume, from the article, that Sanders is trying to place himself on, what, the Palestinian "side"? Because primary politics? Bad form Senator. Bad form.