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NOW: Democratic Presidential Candidate @MikeBloomberg addresses #AIPAC2020.

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@MikeBloomberg @Mike2020 .@MikeBloomberg: "I will always have Israel’s back. Because Israel has a right to defend itself, by itself. That means I will never impose conditions on military aid no matter what government is in power." #AIPAC2020 #AIPACProud

@MikeBloomberg @Mike2020 .@MikeBloomberg: "Israel is on the front lines, countering American enemies in the region and sharing valuable intelligence and experience with us. So conditioning foreign aid wouldn’t only impair Israel’s ability to keep itself safe, but our ability to keep ourselves safe."

@MikeBloomberg @Mike2020 @MikeBloomberg: "I also promise to always oppose the BDS movement’s pernicious efforts to delegitimize and punish the state of Israel—as I always have."

#AIPAC2020 #AIPACProud

@MikeBloomberg @Mike2020 .@MikeBloomberg: "I will stand up to efforts to hold Israel to a double standard at the United Nations." #AIPAC2020 #AIPACProud

@MikeBloomberg @Mike2020 .@MikeBloomberg: "I will also never stop working for a peace plan that has as its foundation two states: one Jewish, and one Palestinian, achieved through direct negotiations." #AIPAC2020 #AIPACProud

@MikeBloomberg @Mike2020 .@MikeBloomberg: "Bipartisan support for Israel has been a defining feature of American politics since 1948 – and this organization has played a critically important role in fostering it." #AIPAC2020 #AIPACProud

@MikeBloomberg @Mike2020 .@MikeBloomberg: "The relationship between our two countries has been so strong precisely because it has transcended partisan politics, both here and in Israel, and because it is built on our shared values." #AIPAC2020 #AIPACProud

@MikeBloomberg @Mike2020 .@MikeBloomberg: "Unfortunately, not all of my fellow Democrats in this race have attended an AIPAC conference. One of them, Senator Sanders, has spent 30 years boycotting this event. And as you’ve heard by now, he called AIPAC a racist platform. Well, he’s dead wrong."

@MikeBloomberg @Mike2020 .@MikeBloomberg: "This is a gathering of 20,000 Israel supporters of every religious denomination, ethnicity, faith, color, sexual identity, and political party." #AIPAC2020 #AIPACProud

@MikeBloomberg @Mike2020 .@MikeBloomberg: "Calling it a racist platform is an attempt to discredit those voices, intimidate people from coming here, and weaken the U.S.-Israel relationship." #AIPAC2020 #AIPACProud

@MikeBloomberg @Mike2020 .@MikeBloomberg: "The reality is, AIPAC doesn’t fuel hatred. AIPAC works to combat it and the violence that it can produce. And if more elected officials spoke to the people here, they’d understand that." #AIPAC2020 #AIPACProud

@MikeBloomberg @Mike2020 .@MikeBloomberg: "At this moment in our history, we are called to stand up not for a political party, but for our country and for our values, and for the tradition of bipartisan support that has always defined our relationship with Israel." #AIPAC2020 #AIPACProud