Inspired by journalist Nicholas Kristof’s March 18, 2007 column in the New York Times regarding the need to discuss and debate US policy towards Israel, PDA has launched a new web site demanding that Senators Obama, Edwards, and Clinton, Vice President Gore, and all other Democratic Party candidates stand up for peace and justice in Israel and Palestine, even when it requires standing up to the “Israel Right-or-Wrong” Lobby and the lobby's friends inside the Democratic Party.This new web site - www.thankyoukristof.org - is helping to break the silence on behalf of Democratic Party activists and others disturbed by the absence of any meaningful debate on Israel policies among their Party’s leaders. PDA is the only national group of Democrats to openly break ranks with AIPAC and the “Israel Right-or-Wrong” Lobby over US policy towards Israel and Palestine, and has demanded the US adopt an evenhanded policy in the Middle East in contrast to both President Bush and Democratic Party leadership.
You can help foster this debate by visiting the thankyoukristof.org web site and also by signing a Petition - Sign the petition! demanding an open debate and review on all levels and by all candidates regarding U.S. policies toward Israel and Palestine.
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