Democrat Platform Writers Rebuff Sanders’s Israeli ‘Occupation’ Language

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The Democratic Platform Drafting Committee voted against an amendment that would have condemned Israeli “occupation and illegal settlements” and legitimized the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement Friday.

In an 8-5 vote, the pro-Clinton majority rejected the amendment, which Bernie Sanders himself helped write.

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