The Arab American News in MI gives endorsement to Bernie

[Mufaddal]

Most Arab Americans are hardworking, middle class families. The concentration of wealth in the top 1 percent of the nation’s richest people impacts this community directly. Sanders' tax reforms and promised social programs would level the playing field for Americans to realize the American Dream.

Sanders stands for racial justice and has unequivocally condemned Islamophobia.

On foreign policy, Sanders has shown the most even-handed approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Although his views on this issue do not rise to the aspirations of Arab Americans who would like to see Washington take a clear stance against Israel's human rights abuses and occupation of Palestinian land, Sanders' call for ending the blockade on Gaza is a step in the right direction. His condemnation of Israeli attacks that kill Palestinian civilians is unprecedented by any major presidential candidate.

Sanders was on the right side of history when he voted against the Iraq war in 2002 as a U.S. representative. Clinton was in favor of the invasion and voted for it as a senator. The war led to the destruction of Iraq and the rise of ISIS and extremism.

The newspaper does not trust Clinton's interventionist inclinations. As secretary of state, she was a leading force behind the bombing campaign in Libya in 2011. There is no doubt that Muammar Gaddafi was a dictator who abused his people. But the hasty war on Libya, which was dubbed as humanitarian, led to that North African nation becoming a failed state. Now, two governments and countless militant groups, including ISIS, rule the once-stable country.

http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/news/id_11885/cid_10/We-endorse-Bernie-Sanders.html

[thereismore]

1. Great! I think he did so well in MN also thanks to the Arab American community and his principled

defense of Muslims against haters.

[angstlessk]

2. That's amazing..Arab Americans voting for a Jewish American

Now THAT'S what I call a Melting pot!