Anonymous ID: a381d8 Feb. 24, 2020, 10:46 p.m. No.8241529   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1540 >>1679 >>1770

Bernie Sanders Won't Speak at AIPAC. Could That Hurt His Presidential Quest?

 

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/bernie-sanders-wont-speak-aipac-could-hurt-his-presidential-quest-126497

 

Yesterday, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, announced he would not speak at next week’s annual conference hosted by the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). The vigor of the rejection invoked criticism by the lobby and its allies. If elected, Sanders would be the first Jewish president in U.S. history.

 

“The Israeli people have the right to live in peace and security. So do the Palestinian people. I remain concerned about the platform AIPAC provides for leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights. For that reason I will not attend their conference,” tweeted Sanders, who lived on an Israeli Kibbutz for several months in 1963. “As president, I will support the rights of both Israelis and Palestinians and do everything possible to bring peace and security to the region.”

 

The committee’s response was immediate. “Senator Sanders has never attended our conference and that is evident from his outrageous comment,” they said, describing their coalition as intersectional and diverse with different political, racial, and religious backgrounds. “By engaging in such an odious attack on the mainstream, bipartisan American political event, Senator Sanders is insulting his very own colleagues and the millions of Americans who stand with Israel. Truly shameful.”

Anonymous ID: a381d8 Feb. 24, 2020, 10:54 p.m. No.8241578   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1632 >>1679 >>1770

China said it would relax its lockdown of Wuhan's 11 million residents, only to immediately reintroduce it

 

https://news.yahoo.com/china-said-relax-lockdown-wuhans-112513558.html

 

The city at the center of the coronavirus outbreak said it would ease quarantine restrictions on its 11 million citizens, only to reverse the decision just hours later.

 

Wuhan announced on Monday that some people who are deemed healthy will be allowed to leave the city, whose transport links have been severed since January 23.

 

But authorities later said that announcement was not authorized, and called it "invalid."

 

China's decision to lock down Wuhan and nearby cities is the largest quarantine in human history, with the World Health Organization calling it an unprecedented step that's it's not sure will work.