The full weight of the Democratic Party is rallying behind Hillary Clinton in an effort to mow down her Republican opponent Donald Trump. But while Bernie Sanders will no longer try to flip superdelegates to his side, he has yet to formally concede. He’s holding on to his leverage, intent on taking his fight about the party’s platform to the floor of the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, the site of the Democratic National Convention. One of the fights will be over the language in the party’s platform on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The wrangling between allies of Sanders and Clinton has already started in animated, public hearings about the platform’s language on Jerusalem, settlements, and the use of the word “occupation.” The discussions highlight the divergent trends inside the Democratic Party on the Israeli-Palestinian dispute — one driven primarily by support for Israel, and another more in tune with Palestinian needs. The wider debate about the Middle East also reflects the different relationships Clinton and Sanders have with the concept of American power. For the full article click here
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