US Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders invoked Palestine to make a point about poverty--in Baltimore.
"People don't know this. If you are born in Baltimore's poorest neighborhoods, your life expectancy is almost twenty years shorter than if you are born in a wealthier neighborhood," Sanders said Saturday at a rally in Maryland. "Two [Baltimore neighborhoods] have a higher infant mortality rate than the West Bank in Palestine," he added.
WATCH: US Poverty Is a 'Death Sentence' Similar to Condtions in 'Palestine,' Says Sanders - Haaretz https://t.co/fJF2abPyzd
— Gaza West Bank (@GazaWestBank) April 24, 2016
Sanders, who is Jewish, has won praise from progressives for taking a more balanced stance on the Israel-Palestinian conflict than most contenders for the US presidency typically do.
"In the long run, if we are ever going to bring peace to that region, which has seen so much hatred, and so much war, we are going to have to treat the Palestinian people with respect and dignity,” Sanders said at a Democratic presidential debate earlier this month. “I believe the United States and the rest of the world have got to work together to help the Palestinian people. That does not make me anti-Israel. That paves the way, I think, to an approach that works in the Middle East.”
(Hat tip, Real Clear Politics)
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