Bernie Sanders: Prime Minister Netanyahu Overreacted in Gaza
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Democratic Party presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said if he succeeds President Barack Obama as president, he will pursue an even-handed policy in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
“The United States will support the security of Israel, help Israel fight terrorist attacks against that country and maintain its independence,” said the U.S. Senator from Vermont, who is Jewish, “but under my administration, the United States will maintain an even-handed approach to the area. I believe in a two-state solution, where Israel has security and the Palestinians have a state of their own,” he told the magazine.
“The United States has got to work with the Palestinian people in improving their standard of living, which is now a disaster, and has been made much worse since the war in Gaza,” a reference to the war between Israel and Hamas and its allies in Gaza in the summer of last year.
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