Posted on 08/04/2024 6:54:42 AM PDT by Libloather
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has had to defend his stance on Israel after an op-ed he penned more than three decades ago, in which he wrote of being an Israeli army volunteer and disparaged the Palestinian people, resurfaced.
“Since he wrote this piece as a 20-year-old student, Gov. Shapiro has built close, meaningful, informative relationships with many Muslim-American, Arab-American, Palestinian Christian and Jewish community leaders all across Pennsylvania,” Shapiro’s spokesman Manuel Bonder told Fox News Digital in a statement.
“The Governor greatly values their perspectives and the experiences he has learned from over the years – and as a result, as with many issues, his views on the Middle East have evolved into the position he holds today,” Bonder continued.
The Philadelphia Inquirer uncovered the essay that Shapiro wrote for the Campus Times, the student newspaper of the University of Rochester, from which Shapiro graduated in 1995. In the article, Shapiro stressed his view that “Palestinians will not peacefully coexist,” because “they do not have the capabilities to establish their own homelands and make it successful even with the aid of Israel and the United States.”
“They are too battle-minded to be able to establish a peaceful homeland of their own,” Shapiro wrote, identifying himself as a “past volunteer in the Israeli army.” He referred to the Arab world as divided and “belligerent.”
The comments have resurfaced as part of a thorough review of Shapiro as he edges closer to a potential vice-presidential nod for the Democrat ticket topped by current Vice President Kamala Harris after she secured the nomination this week.
Shapiro’s support for Israel has been controversial inside the Democratic Party due to the strong pro-Palestinian views of the party’s far-left flank.
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He’s a dual citizen. Is Harris’s husband also a dual?
Whenever the word “evolved” is invoked that means that he has taken the knee.
As to his opinions on whether palestinians are capable of being peaceful — easy shot. Every time neighboring countries let them migrate there they either started a coup or terrorist raids into Israel. The entire world, except for MSM, agrees that they are rabid dogs.
I think the nanny Harris’s husband impregnated during his first marriage might have been.
So he spoke the truth but I guess his “evolution” means he’s now open to selling out Jews and Israel, just like every other scumbag leftist.
Ping...
He was correct 20 years ago.
I’m rooting for Mayor Pete as VP.
Need some maternal instincts on the ticket.
In Democrat BIZZARO world, they gay guy is more maternal than the androgynous chameleon.
Uh, oh.
Shapiro has faced an aggressive campaign from far-left and anti-Israel activists, who have branded him “Genocide Josh” and warned Harris against picking him.
He sounds good, too good for the Ineligible Harris
I read what Shapiro wrote back in ‘93. It was all spot on. So, of course, it puts him in hot water with their current base.
Aren't there ANY democrat leaders who are just regular Americans?
why do they all have divided loyalties?
isn’t it interesting how the mass media is trying to paint anything pro-American or pro-Christian or pro-Jewish as being “questionable”....or “weird”.....or worse
it is quite possible to attack any of the visible candidates or potential candidates without trying to “brand” them as somehow “beyond the pale”
I am not a Shapiro supporter but realistically he would add a great deal of credibility, relatively speaking anyway, to an Ineligible Harris D ticket
he looks like about the best choice for the DNC if they really are gonna try to run Harris
with Harris at the top of the D ticket, it will pull down many of the Congressional and state-level races for them so....we will see... I still think they’ll nominate someone more salable ....but we will see... they could think that, with a few billion dollars more campaign slush funds and with the DNC’s ETM (Election Theft Machine) backing them up, that they could “elect” Jack the Ripper as POTUS
indeed, they probably could
The HH (Hollywood/Hamptons) donor base of the Democrat Party has absolutely no problem with Emoff or Shapiro, their past or what they currently say. However within the Democratic Party there are key blocs especially in battleground states that care very much about these issues.
Liar.
Sounds like he got it right the first time. It'll be curious to see how the pro-Hamas crowd takes to the past volunteer in the Israeli army.
I’m no fan, but I also wouldn’t want to be judged by the stupid things I said when I w20. (Not that I think what he said was wrong...)
Harris campaign is letting the media do her vetting. Put out and name and let them dig up the dirt.
warpig
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