Large numbers of progressives Jews have condemned these attacks, which amount to little more than guilt by association. Corbyn has a long history of opposing racism of all kinds, including antisemitism and South African apartheid. He also supports Palestinian statehood, opposes Israeli settlements on the West Bank, and talks with Hamas and Hezbollah in his search for peace. But he has never wavered from his insistence that "a safe and viable Palestinian State" coexist "alongside a safe and viable Israel."
Unhappily, Sanders is much less solid on the issue, supporting the Israeli attack on Gaza in 2014. But, to his credit, he shares Corbyn's support for a Palestinian state, though he does little to bring it about. With the growing movement to boycott Israel, this could become a major issue for him and for the way we define twenty-first century socialism.
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