In a shocking exchange at the State Department, the spokesman for Biden’s foreign policy team refused to describe Palestinians in the West Bank as living under military occupation by Israel.
Biden administration refuses to say Palestinians are ‘occupied’
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Biden vowed to protect free speech, but will he reverse Pompeo’s anti-BDS moves?
Biden vowed to protect free speech, but will he reverse Pompeo’s anti-BDS moves?
The Democratic platform, a non-binding document that set the party’s priorities for the next four years, also promised that Democrats would protect free speech.
“We oppose any effort to unfairly single out and delegitimize Israel, including at the United Nations or through the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement, while protecting the constitutional right of our citizens to free speech,” said the document, which was approved with Biden’s support in July.