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'Just Tell Us What You Believe': Buttigieg Torched Over Non-Answer on Israel-Palestine (www.commondreams.org)

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2028 frontrunner Pete Buttigieg's answer to a question on how Democrats should handle Israel has been described as "a beautiful example of sounding like you care about genocide while actually saying nothing at all."

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Simple: He believes if he says anything against Israel, AIPAC will do everything they can do to defeat him.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/13/progressives-aipac-elections-threat-00173709

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/03/aipac-israel-spending-democratic-primaries-00144552

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4821062-cori-bush-aipac-progressives/