WOW! Florida Jewish News: Bernie Sanders is simply better for America, for Israel and the world

[snagglepuss]

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Senator Sanders has made closing these gaps—between rich and poor, powerful and powerless, mainstream and marginal—the centerpiece of his campaign. I have no doubt the election of a President Sanders will give impetus to efforts to return tax rates on the rich to where they were during the prolonged economic boom between World War II and the 1970s. He’ll take important steps to expand the social safety net, to rein in major corporations, to restore workers’ rights and to improve the health of all Americans—not just those like me who have access to the finest medical care that education, access, insurance and money can and do provide. Hillary Clinton is fine on these issues, but Bernie Sanders is much better, and his election as president in and of itself will send a powerful message.

I said that Sanders is more pro-Israel than Clinton. Not more pro-Likud, or pro-Bibi, or pro-settlements, or pro-occupation—but pro-Israel. I’ve been a Zionist since my undergraduate days when we fought the anti-Israel left. I made aliyah in 1992, and my wife and I maintain an apartment in Jerusalem, where we live a good part of the year. My parents are buried in Har Menuchot, my daughter and her husband live in Tel Aviv.

The current policies of my democratically elected government are not good for Israel. They’re dangerous to Israel’s security and corrupting to its morality—and Israel’s security and morality go hand in hand.


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While Clinton may well harm Israel’s security by giving the current government free rein, Sanders is far more likely to pursue the only objective that ensures a Jewish democratic State of Israel—a two-state solution, with a Palestinian state living in peace alongside a secure Jewish state.



Steven M. Cohen is research professor of Jewish social policy at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.




http://www.heritagefl.com/story/2016/04/29/opinions/bernie-sanders-is-simply-better-for-america-for-israel-and-the-world/6148.html

[onecaliberal]

1. Big fat sack of duh....

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, snagglepuss.

[MFM008]

3. im shocked.

[silvershadow]

4. Well he is a real mensch in my mind. :D nt

[Peace Patriot]

5. Wow! Truth!

I love truth!

[pdsimdars]

6. Wisdom and truth are out there shouting in the streets and yet they ignore it..

Same as it ever was

[ljm2002]

7. Nice...

...thanks for posting!

K&R

[surrealAmerican]

8. It's a good endorsement.

The real elephant in the room on this is the Israeli right-wingers, who are, in the long run, a threat to their own country's security.

[onenote]

9. Not an endorsement by the paper: they invited supporters of each candidate to write a piece

http://www.heritagefl.com/story/2016/04/29/opinions/endorsements-for-the-five-leading-contenders/6146.html

You might as well have written:

WOW: Florida Jewish News: Not a day goes by that Ted Cruz doesn't think about the Jews and Israel
http://www.heritagefl.com/story/2016/04/29/opinions/not-a-day-goes-by-that-ted-cruz-doesnt-think-about-the-jews-and-israel/6150.html

or

WOW: Florida Jewish News:'I'm for Israel. Period.' That's the John Kasich I know.http://www.heritagefl.com/story/2016/04/29/opinions/im-for-israel-period-thats-the-john-kasich-i-know/6151.html

or

WOW: Florida Jewish News onald Trump is a visionary with talents our country needs
http://www.heritagefl.com/story/2016/04/29/opinions/donald-trump-is-a-visionary-with-talents-our-country-needs/6147.html

or, of course,

WOW: Florida Jewish News: In a scary world, Hillary Clinton is the commander in chief we need
http://www.heritagefl.com/story/2016/04/29/opinions/in-a-scary-world-hillary-clinton-is-the-commander-in-chief-we-need/6149.html