Bernie Sanders Looks to J-Street on Foreign Policy [View all]

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One of the big reasons I'm against Bernie Sanders is that his foreign policy ideas come from J-Street, a group that claims it is somehow "pro-Israel" despite the obvious fact that its not.

We've talked ... to the people on J Street to get a broad perspective of the Middle East.
J Street is a liberal Jewish-American lobbying group that has met criticism from Republicans and some Democrats for being too critical of Israeli policies.

I'm not a fan of all of Israel's policies, but J-Street is just too far out of the mainstream of both American-Jews and American gentiles:

J Street -- the lobby group that claims to be "pro-Israel" and "pro-peace" -- is anything but "open" to centrist views that are critical of its policies. It has invited several prominent anti-Israel speakers to address its national conference, including Saeb Erekat, one of the Palestinian Authority's chief negotiators, who has repeatedly accused Israel of war crimes, and committing massacres in the West Bank

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To those on the hard left, it offers anti-Israel and pro-BDS speakers, support for the mendacious Goldstone Report, and opposition to keeping the military option on the table as a last resort in preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

To the soft left, it focuses on its opposition to Israeli settlements and its support for a two-state solution -- positions with which I and many supporters of Israel agree. But it hides its controversial, hard left positions that endanger Israel's security -- positions with which most supporters of Israel disagree. It also hides the financial support it has received from anti-Zionists such as George Soros, as well as the anti-Zionist statements made by some of its founders and activists.

The mainstream of America supports Israel in a manner J-Street obvious does not, and J-Street in reality is not "pro-Israel." Any candidate who gets his ideas from them is disqualified from being President.
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