The current platform reflects a policy that is largely similar to the Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton view
Other rhetorical weapons raised by progressive Democrats in recent months included language conditioning foreign aid to Israel based on its policy toward the Palestinians, and requiring that US aid could not be used to implement any future annexation of parts of Judea and Samaria. These proposals did not ultimately find their way into the document, and the current platform reflects a policy that is largely similar to the Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton view.
To understand why this is a victory for Biden over the growing progressive wing of the party, let’s take a step back. In 2016, I covered the Democratic Party convention in Philadelphia. The energy there was sky-high. During the convention, Bernie Sanders supporters protested everything from how to count the votes of superdelegates to the foundational policies of the party.
A review of the 2016 platform toward Israel shows that it reflects a mainstream Democratic view. Democrats state that the party will always support Israel’s right to defend itself, including by retaining its qualitative military edge, and will oppose any effort to delegitimize Israel, including at the United Nations or through the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement.
In 2020, there are slight, but significant changes. The section discussing Israel reads, in part:
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