Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles MSNBC’S ALI VELSHI BREAKS DOWN WHERE THE CANDIDATES STAND ON WHERE THE CANDIDATES STAND ON THE ISSUES. THE ISSUES. >> THE CAMPAIGN FOR 2020 IS >> THE CAMPAIGN FOR 2020 IS HEATING UP. HEATING UP. WE WANT TO HELP YOU KEEP TRACK WE WANT TO HELP YOU KEEP TRACK OF THE TOP ISSUES AND WHERE THE OF THE TOP ISSUES AND WHERE THE CANDIDATES STAND ON THEM. CANDIDATES STAND ON THEM. LIKE THEIR OPINIONS ON THE LIKE THEIR OPINIONS ON THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. FOR DECADES U.S. LEADERS HAVE FOR DECADES U.S. LEADERS HAVE SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF AN SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF AN INDEPENDENT PALESTINIAN STATE IN INDEPENDENT PALESTINIAN STATE IN THE WEST BANK IN GAZA. THE WEST BANK IN GAZA. A PROPOSAL KNOWN AS THE A PROPOSAL KNOWN AS THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION. TWO-STATE SOLUTION. EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRATIC EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE SUPPORTS A TWO-STATE CANDIDATE SUPPORTS A TWO-STATE SOLUTION TO THE SOLUTION TO THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. WHERE THEY DIFFER DEPENDS ON HOW WHERE THEY DIFFER DEPENDS ON HOW FAR TO THE LEFT THEY STAND. FAR TO THE LEFT THEY STAND. FOR EXAMPLE, LET’S TAKE A LOOK FOR EXAMPLE, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT JOE BIDEN. AT JOE BIDEN. HE’S A MODERATE VOICE IN THE HE’S A MODERATE VOICE IN THE DEMOCRATIC FIELD. DEMOCRATIC FIELD. HE AGREES WITH HOW PAST HE AGREES WITH HOW PAST ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE SUPPORTED ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE SUPPORTED ISRAEL. ISRAEL. THEN SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, ONE THEN SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, ONE OF ONLY TWO JEWISH CANDIDATES IN OF ONLY TWO JEWISH CANDIDATES IN THE RACE. THE RACE. THE OTHER IS MARY ANN WILT YAM THE OTHER IS MARY ANN WILT YAM SON. SON. SANDERS SUPPORTS A TWO-STATE SANDERS SUPPORTS A TWO-STATE SOLUTION BUT LIKE MORE SOLUTION BUT LIKE MORE PROGRESSIVE MEMBERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE MEMBERS OF THE PARTY, HE’S BEEN A VOCAL CRITIC PARTY, HE’S BEEN A VOCAL CRITIC OF HOW ISRAEL HAS TREATED OF HOW ISRAEL HAS TREATED PALESTINIANS. PALESTINIANS. >> I AM NOT ANTI-ISRAEL. >> I AM NOT ANTI-ISRAEL. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT NETANYAHU IS A WHITE-WING THAT NETANYAHU IS A WHITE-WING POLITICIAN WHO I THINK IS POLITICIAN WHO I THINK IS TREATING THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TREATING THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE EXTREMELY UNFAIRLY. EXTREMELY UNFAIRLY. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TAKEN A >> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TAKEN A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO ISRAEL DIFFERENT APPROACH TO ISRAEL THAN PAST PRESIDENTS. THAN PAST PRESIDENTS. HE’S FORMED A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP HE’S FORMED A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. HE MOVED THE U.S. EMBASSY IN HE MOVED THE U.S. EMBASSY IN ISRAEL FROM TEL AVIV TO ISRAEL FROM TEL AVIV TO JERUSALEM. JERUSALEM. TRUMP HAS RECOGNIZED ISRAELI’S TRUMP HAS RECOGNIZED ISRAELI’S CLAIMS ON JERUSALEM AND THE CLAIMS ON JERUSALEM AND THE GOLAN HEIGHTS AND HINTED HE GOLAN HEIGHTS AND HINTED HE WOULD SUPPORT ISRAEL IF IT WOULD SUPPORT ISRAEL IF IT ANNEXED LARGE PARTS OF THE WEST ANNEXED LARGE PARTS OF THE WEST BANK. BANK. HE SAID BECAUSE OF HIS CLOSE HE SAID BECAUSE OF HIS CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL, RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL, AMERICAN JEWS WHO DON’T SUPPORT AMERICAN JEWS WHO DON’T SUPPORT HIM ARE, QUOTE, DISLOYAL. HIM ARE, QUOTE, DISLOYAL. >> YOU VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS, >> YOU VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS, YOU’RE BEING VERY DISLOYAL TO YOU’RE BEING VERY DISLOYAL TO JEWISH PEOPLE AND YOU’RE BEING JEWISH PEOPLE AND YOU’RE BEING VERY DISLOYAL TO ISRAEL. VERY DISLOYAL TO ISRAEL. >> TRUMP HAS SAID WHILE HE >> TRUMP HAS SAID WHILE HE PERSONALLY LIKES THE TWO-STATE PERSONALLY LIKES THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION, HE ISN’T COMMITTED TO SOLUTION, HE ISN’T COMMITTED TO IT. IT. >> IF THE ISRAELIS AND >> IF THE ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS WANT ONE STATE, PALESTINIANS WANT ONE STATE, THAT’S OKAY WITH ME. THAT’S OKAY WITH ME. IF THEY WANT TWO STATES, THAT’S IF THEY WANT TWO STATES, THAT’S OKAY WITH ME. OKAY WITH ME. I’M HAPPY IF THEY’RE HAPPY. I’M HAPPY IF THEY’RE HAPPY. >> THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN >> THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT IS A COMPLICATED CONFLICT IS A COMPLICATED FOREIGN POLICY ISSUE SO WHERE DO FOREIGN POLICY ISSUE SO WHERE DO AMERICANS STAND? AMERICANS STAND? MOST ARE PARTIAL TO ISRAEL, MOST ARE PARTIAL TO ISRAEL, ALTHOUGH SYMPATHY FOR ALTHOUGH SYMPATHY FOR PALESTINIANS IS ON THE RISE. PALESTINIANS IS ON THE RISE. THAT SHIFTS AS YOU MOVE TO THE THAT SHIFTS AS YOU MOVE TO THE LEFT. LEFT. LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ARE MORE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE PARTIAL TO THE LIKELY TO BE PARTIAL TO THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE. PALESTINIAN CAUSE. SO, AS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SO, AS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONTINUES TO HAVE A DIALOGUE IN CONTINUES TO HAVE A DIALOGUE IN THE ISSUE, WE’LL BE KEEPING AN
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