by Eli Leon, News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff
Hat tip: Dr. Jean-Charles Bensoussan
In dramatic departure from 2012, GOP's draft platform sidesteps two-state solution, slams BDS movement as anti-Semitic • Draft also recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's "eternal and indivisible capital" and calls for the U.S. Embassy to move there.
Republican presidential
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The draft platform formulated by the
Republican Party ahead of its 2016 National Convention is expected to
include groundbreaking pro-Israel language.
The draft recognizes Jerusalem "as the eternal
and indivisible capital of the Jewish state," and called for the
American embassy "to be moved there in fulfillment of U.S. law." This is
a dramatic departure from the platform the GOP introduced before the
2012 presidential elections, which made no mention of Jerusalem.
The suggested platform also sidesteps the
two-state solution, saying the party supports "the establishment of a
comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East, to be negotiated
among those living in the region," and "opposes any measures intended to
impose an agreement or to dictate borders or other terms, and calls for
the immediate termination of all U.S. funding of any entity that
attempts to do so."
The GOP Platform Subcommittee, which drafted
the platform, blasted the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement as
anti-Semitic and called for "effective legislation to thwart actions
intended to limit commercial relations with Israel."
The draft further says the Republicans commit
to "ensuring Israel maintains a qualitative military edge over all
adversaries, and supports Israel's right to defend itself in
conventional warfare as well as against legal, economic, and cultural
warfare."
The Republican Party "rejects the false notion
that Israel is an occupier" and is "proud to stand with Israel now and
always," the draft said.
The language must be approved by the full Republican National Committee ahead of the convention in Cleveland next week.
Also on Tuesday, Democrat Bernie Sanders
endorsed former rival Hillary Clinton for president in a display of
party unity, describing her as the best candidate to fix the United
States' problems and beat Republican Donald Trump in the Nov. 8
election.
"This campaign is about the needs of the
American people and addressing the very serious crises that we face, and
there is no doubt in my mind that, as we head into November, Hillary
Clinton is far and away the best candidate to do that," he told a
raucous crowd in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, that included plenty of
vocal Sanders supporters.
"I intend to do everything I can to make
certain she will be the next president of the United States," the
Vermont senator said.
Trump ridiculed the move, tweeting, "Bernie
Sanders endorsing crooked Hillary Clinton is like Occupy Wall Street
endorsing Goldman Sachs."
In a statement, the Trump campaign said
Sanders was now officially part of the rigged system the senator had
criticized during his long primary battle with Clinton.
"Bernie's endorsement becomes Exhibit A in our rigged
system -- the Democrat Party is disenfranchising its voters to benefit
the select and privileged few," said Stephen Miller, a senior policy
adviser to Trump.
Eli Leon, News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=34951&hp=1
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