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Brad Lander: “Palestinians living in the west bank facing settler…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Dem candidate Brad Lander on why he calls himself a 'liberal Zionist'

Published | Video Starts at 03:09

I mean, the Declaration of Independence that founded Israel says it would be a place for the ingathering of exiles and full civil and political rights for everyone living there. But Palestinians living in the west bank facing settler terrorism or living in refugee camps in Gaza because their schools and hospitals were destroyed, they don't have full political and civil rights. So it is not living up to its founding vision. And to me believing in Jewish and democratic means, you got to fight for the human rights of Palestinians at the same time as you fight for the safety of Jews. (03:09–03:21)

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Asserts that Palestinians lack full political and civil rights due to destruction of infrastructure and settler violence.

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