Analysis: The GOP has tied itself to Israel's far-right settler movement and is moving beyond the two-state solution, once an article of faith for both U.S. parties.
The buildup to Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s Wednesday speech before Congress has been suffused with partisan bickering in Washington.after making provocative comments on Israel at a liberal conference in Chicago. A crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters had interrupted a session and Jayapal, seeking to defuse the situation, explained to the activists that she understood their cause and concerns.
“As somebody who’s been in the streets and participated in a lot of demonstrations, I want you to know that we have been fighting to make it clear that Israel is a racist state, that the Palestinian people deserve self-determination and autonomy, that the dream of a two-state solution is slipping away from us, that it does not even feel possible,”Whatever the impact of that intervention in the room, Jayapal’s invocation of Israel as “a racist state” exploded over into a multiday national news...
, with some suggesting that her remarks were antisemitic as they implied a rejection of Zionism and, therefore, Israel’s right to exist., Jayapal clarified what she said, insisting that she did not think the “idea” of the Israeli nation is racist, but that the policies perpetuated by its current government certainly were.
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