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Van Hollen says Democrats' Israel-Palestine strategy 'has failed'
Key takeaways
- Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) slammed the Democratic Party s strategy surrounding the conflict between Israel and Palestine, claiming they need to face a hard truth.
- While Republicans approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has failed, so has ours, Van Hollen wrote Tuesday in an opinion piece published by The New York Times.
- For decades, we have called for a two-state solution, but we ve failed to use our leverage to make it real.
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Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) slammed the Democratic Party s strategy surrounding the conflict between Israel and Palestine, claiming they need to face a hard truth.
While Republicans approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has failed, so has ours, Van Hollen wrote Tuesday in an opinion piece published by The New York Times.
For decades, we have called for a two-state solution, but we ve failed to use our leverage to make it real. It s past time that we use that leverage to end the occupation and achieve two states with full political and legal rights for all. That means withdrawing taxpayer support from Israel and conditioning arms sales, he added.
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