I trust Sanders about as far as I could throw a freight train. Anyone who would stoop to the level of endorsing Clinton can never be given my trust. It'll take more than words, it will take ACTION.

It's the religious hard right wing in both Israel and America that keeps the 2-state solution out of reach. As long as Jewish and Christian extremists insist that Israel has a "God given" right to all of the land in the "historic" Israel, those seeking a genuine diplomatic solution will be at a disadvantage.

Diplomacy is based on compromise. There's no compromise when one side has already staked out, in advance, a position that says, "We get everything and that's that."

The only way forward is for Israelis to vote out their hard right government and vote in moderates who genuinely want a solution, and for Americans to do the same. Sadly, we alternate between administrations who want a peace process (Clinton, Obama) and those who pander to the religious right (Bush, trump...).

Israel is the only civilized nation in the region. Of course we should support them.