Democratic candidates for the upcoming US presidential election pledged last night to adopt a completely different approach from President Donald Trump's absolute support for Israel, affirming their intention to push for a political settlement leading to the establishment of a Palestinian state, while the Palestinian Foreign Ministry warned against completing the settlement plan in Nablus. .

Six months after Democratic candidates boycotted the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), five candidates from the same convention center in Washington addressed messages at a conference of the left-wing Jewish organization J Street, a rival organization of AIPAC. She considers her positions more consistent with American Jews.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, who rarely mentions his Jewish faith, explained how the killing of the majority of his father's family in the Holocaust influenced his progressive views.

"If there is a people on the ground who are aware of the dangers of racism and white nationalism, it is certainly the Jewish people," Sanders said.

Standing on his podium on campaign rhetoric, Sanders, who would become the first Jewish president of the United States, accused Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of sowing discord.

"Let me emphasize this because he will understand wrong, not anti-Semitic, to say that the Netanyahu government is racist," Sanders said. it's the truth".

"We demand that the Israeli government sit down with the Palestinian people to negotiate an agreement that satisfies all parties."

Sanders called for the transfer of $ 3.8 billion a year in military aid to Israel into humanitarian aid to the impoverished and impoverished Gaza Strip, which has been under siege since Hamas was elected in 2007.

"Who will deny that when youth unemployment is 60%, when people have no hope, when people literally can't leave the area, who can think for a moment that you are not laying the groundwork for continuing violence?"

Trump, whose evangelical Christian electoral base strongly supports Israel, has made a series of historic decisions, including recognizing Jerusalem, which has been disputed for decades as Israel's capital.

The Trump administration gave the green light to Netanyahu, whose political future became uncertain after two inconclusive ballots, to annex parts of the West Bank.

Democratic nominees Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren addressed the conference via video and voiced their opposition to any move that would block a Palestinian state.

"If the government of Israel continues to take steps to formally annex the West Bank, the United States will have to take a clear position not to use any of our assistance in this matter," Warren said.

She said she would cancel Trump's two decisions by resuming US aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and reopening the PLO office in Washington. But she said she would not reverse the decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.

"We cannot be afraid to tell the truth to our closest friends," said the former US vice president, whose relationship with Netanyahu was strained.

"A two-state solution is the best, if not the only, way to ensure a secure future for a democratic Israel."

In an unimaginable scene at the US-Israel Public Affairs Committee, the audience stood by to applaud the chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, who called for "not giving up" the creation of a Palestinian state.

About 4,000 people attended the J Street conference, less than a quarter of AIPAC's attendees.

The organization's president, Jeremy Ben-Ami, said he believed his organization was more in line with the Jewish community in the United States, which votes by a large majority in favor of Democrats who, in his view, do not want to present a "white instrument" for policies such as occupation.

Candidate Julian Castro addressed a thorny issue, rejecting calls to punish supporters of the BDS movement, which aims to boycott, divest investment and impose sanctions on Israel.

"I do not support the movement, but I also do not support the suppression of political discourse," he said.

On the other hand, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants condemned the brutal settler attacks against farmers, protecting the occupation forces.

The ministry said in a statement yesterday, that the international community does not want to hear the cries of the citizens and their pain and suffering, and to see the scale of violations and crimes committed by the occupation forces.

The ministry reiterated that this issue is repeated until the international community hears, in a continuous warning of the explosion of the whole situation, especially as citizens no longer have the ability to withstand these blatant and persistent violations, and bear the dispossession of their land and deprive them of harvesting their crops. It is an ongoing crime committed daily in full view of the international community.

• Biden stated that "the establishment of two states is the best, if not the only, way to ensure a secure future for the democratic state of Israel."

 € وزارة The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants condemns the settlers' barbaric attacks against farmers by protecting the occupation forces.