CNN: Josh Shapiro couldn’t avoid the questions about him. He decided he doesn’t want to
Shapiro says critics misunderstand his Israel views as he positions himself for a possible national run while focusing on Pennsylvania and House races.
- Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro decided to directly address persistent questions about his stance on Israel and centrist identity, ending his previous strategy of avoidance.
- Following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, Shapiro recognizes the Israel issue creates friction within a Democratic Party increasingly critical of the nation.
- Shapiro argues supporting a Jewish state remains consistent, noting 46 majority Muslim nations exist with official religions, yet only one has Judaism as official religion.
- White House spokesman Davis Ingle criticized Shapiro in an email, calling him "a clueless little moron who will never be president." Shapiro dismissed the attack, saying "I focus on getting stuff done."
- Shapiro remains critical of President Joe Biden's administration for failing to prioritize a multilateral peace deal and blames Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for "steering Israel down a dangerous and dark path.
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Josh Shapiro criticizes those attacking Israel’s Jewish character for hypocrisy
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro defended Israel’s standing as a Jewish state, telling CNN in an interview that the country faces a level of scrutiny and attack over its religious character not applied to the Muslim states throughout the region. “For those who do not want there to be a Jewish state, oftentimes they will predicate their views on this notion that being grounded in a religion and being a democracy cant coexist. I think its important …
Josh Shapiro couldn’t avoid the questions about him. He decided he doesn’t want to
For now, Josh Shapiro says his focus is on Pennsylvania – “the state that decides it all,” as he likes to say. But a politician who alludes to a famous passage from a rabbinic text in nearly every major speech has also decided to talk more about his views on Israel, whether for a future presidential campaign’s sake or just to influence a conversation that tends to land on him more than any other Jewish politician in America.
Pennsylvania Jewish Governor Josh Shapiro, considered a leading Democratic presidential candidate, defended Israel's status as a Jewish state in an interview with CNN. Shapiro explained that the state faces criticism and pressure that is not directed in the same way at Muslim countries in the region. According to him, "Those who do not want there to be a Jewish state often base their position on the idea that religion and democracy cannot coex…
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