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2019, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)Democratic presidential nominee hopeful Joe Biden on Thursday responded to calls from other candidates that aid to Israel be conditioned on an end to settlement expansion, calling the idea “absolutely outrageous.”When asked by a Wall Street Journal reporter whether he would be open to the idea of leveraging aid to the Jewish state, the former vice president said it would be a “gigantic mistake.”Biden’s comments came after some candidates for the nomination gave details on aspects of their Israel policy in addresses to the annual conference of J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group00jerrab » 18 Oct 2024, 12:39 am » wrote: ↑ 2019, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)Democratic presidential nominee hopeful Joe Biden on Thursday responded to calls from other candidates that aid to Israel be conditioned on an end to settlement expansion, calling the idea “absolutely outrageous.”When asked by a Wall Street Journal reporter whether he would be open to the idea of leveraging aid to the Jewish state, the former vice president said it would be a “gigantic mistake.”Biden’s comments came after some candidates for the nomination gave details on aspects of their Israel policy in addresses to the annual conference of J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group
33In a video submitted to the confab, Elizabeth Warren, who has caught up in polling with front-runners for the Democratic presidential nomination, was clear she is willing to lean on Israel, but she declined to specify exactly how she might do that.
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) addresses a crowd outside of the Francis Marion Performing Arts Center October 26, 2019 in Florence, South Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images/AFP)“We must find ways to make tangible progress on the ground toward a two-state solution,” she said in the