Thursday, 20 August 2020_US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has denounced and distanced himself from a prominent anti-Israel activist, who voiced support for him in the live stream of the Democratic National Convention.
Linda Sarsour, former Women’s March co-chair, participated in the Democratic National Convention’s Muslim Delegates Assembly on Tuesday.
Biden’s campaign spokesman Andrew Bates immediately reacted to the pro-Palestinian activist’s presence in the convention, saying that she “has no role in the Biden campaign whatsoever.”
“Joe Biden has been a strong supporter of Israel and a vehement opponent of anti-Semitism his entire life, and he obviously condemns [Sarsour's] views and opposes BDS, as does the Democratic platform,” Bates said.
Sarsour, a Palestinian-American activist, has been a vocal supporter of The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) international pro-Palestinian movement that has been campaigning for a boycott of all Israeli goods, and academic and cultural activities for over 15 years.
She responded in a tweet later that she “just came here to remind you that you need a coalition to defeat Donald Trump and that Muslim Americans are an important voter bloc in key states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Virginia, Texas, Pennsylvania & I know a little something about how to organize them.”
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