On the PBS show "Firing Line," Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the rising socialist star of the Democratic party, tried to talk about Israel.
Host Margaret Hoover, who had served in the George W. Bush White House, asked Ocasio-Cortez about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Ocasio-Cortez mentioned the "Occupation of Palestine." For most people who use that phrase, it refers to the creation and ongoing existence of the state of Israel, which they argue has deprived Palestinians of their homeland.
The Democratic Socialists of America, of which Cortez is a card-carrying member and whose ranks have swelled after the 2016 election, passed a resolution in 2017 supporting the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, known as BDS. BDS has been criticized, including by Democrats and other people on the left, for its lack of clarity on support for a two-state solution and thus the legitimacy of Israel as a Jewish state, an unrealistic approach to the "Right to return," lack of support from the Palestinian Authority, and ongoing embitterment of the already tense conflict, among other issues.
Ocasio-Cortez, who, in the same interview claimed to support a two-state solution before referring to the entire conflict as the "Occupation of Palestine," clearly has a lot of reading to do before jumping into Washington and national television.
Their star doesn't seem ready for the national stage.
On key issues, she doesn't even seem to know what she believes.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-talks-about-the-occupation-of-palestine-but-she-doesnt-know-what-that-means
Host Margaret Hoover, who had served in the George W. Bush White House, asked Ocasio-Cortez about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Ocasio-Cortez mentioned the "Occupation of Palestine." For most people who use that phrase, it refers to the creation and ongoing existence of the state of Israel, which they argue has deprived Palestinians of their homeland.
The Democratic Socialists of America, of which Cortez is a card-carrying member and whose ranks have swelled after the 2016 election, passed a resolution in 2017 supporting the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, known as BDS. BDS has been criticized, including by Democrats and other people on the left, for its lack of clarity on support for a two-state solution and thus the legitimacy of Israel as a Jewish state, an unrealistic approach to the "Right to return," lack of support from the Palestinian Authority, and ongoing embitterment of the already tense conflict, among other issues.
Ocasio-Cortez, who, in the same interview claimed to support a two-state solution before referring to the entire conflict as the "Occupation of Palestine," clearly has a lot of reading to do before jumping into Washington and national television.
Their star doesn't seem ready for the national stage.
On key issues, she doesn't even seem to know what she believes.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-talks-about-the-occupation-of-palestine-but-she-doesnt-know-what-that-means
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