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Israel/Palestine

oberliner

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19. I was responding to the claim about the midterm elections

Reply to liberalnarb (Reply #18)

Fri May 27, 2016, 07:48 AM

May 2016

I don't think it was a big issue for most voters, at least according to the polls. Generally speaking when voters list the issues that are most important to them, they usually cite the economy, jobs, taxes, immigration, etc. Foreign policy issues tend to rank very low, if at all.

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Sanders’ Challenge to Clinton and Democrats: Palestinian Lives Matter [View all] Israeli May 2016 OP

Good n/t Scootaloo May 2016 #1

Yes it is Scoot .... Israeli May 2016 #3

Fascinating insight for me..... Israeli May 2016 #2

Something missing here....whatever could it be? shira May 2016 #4

Something missing here.........whatever could it be? Israeli May 2016 #6

Sorry, but Sanders, Clinton, and Obama all say BDS is antisemitic. shira May 2016 #8

This sounds alot like the "all lives matter" right wingers. liberalnarb May 2016 #9

That describes what you're peddling as you can't acknowledge Israeli lives matter.... shira May 2016 #11

No, actually. Netanyahu is slaughtering Israelis too. They're lives matter. But this is on him. liberalnarb May 2016 #17

Do you want to see pictures of Israeli victims of Palestinian terror attacks? oberliner May 2016 #12

The innocent of either side, don't deserve what is happening to them. liberalnarb May 2016 #16

Agreed oberliner May 2016 #20

Unfortunately Hamas and the PLO disagree. Fozzledick May 2016 #5

True. Palestinian lives don't matter to Hamas & the PLO as much as attacking Israel. shira May 2016 #7

Bernie is my hero. liberalnarb May 2016 #10

In 2014 we had a midterm election in the U.S. and the Democrats lost an historic landslide Tony_FLADEM May 2016 #13

I'm not sure that if this comes to fruition King_David May 2016 #14

I don't think that is a top 10 issue for most voters oberliner May 2016 #15

So their lives don't matter? liberalnarb May 2016 #18

I was responding to the claim about the midterm elections oberliner May 2016 #19

Clinton Appointee Seeks to Change Democratic Party's Platform on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Israeli May 2016 #21