Palestine: Nazi human rights
NOVANEWS
Buttigieg faults Israel on human rights, while Klobuchar, Warren, Harris, Booker and de Blasio offer excuses
Philip Weiss
Pete Buttigieg, from his Facebook page.
Yesterday the New York Times published a Democratic presidential forum of video interviews, including the hot potato: “Do you think Israel meets international standards of human rights?” And even the Times seems a bit surprised by the result:
“we thought this question would gauge Democrats’ willingness to criticize Israel, and found few candidates who would do so.”
Yes, what is most striking about the candidates’ short responses is the extreme reluctance to say a word critical of Israel’s human rights abuses. The exceptions were Bernie Sanders (though not as critical as he was to the AJC); Rep. Seth Moulton, who ...