ADL calls on GOP to adopt same Israel language approved by Dems

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday praised the Democratic Party’s platform drafting committee for affirming America’s “longstanding commitment to Israel’s security” and the pursuit of the two-state solution.

“The platform committee rightfully affirmed the Democrats’ and America’s longstanding commitment to Israel’s security and to Israel’s fundamental rights and enshrined key principles of its quest for peace with the Palestinians through a directly negotiated two-state solution,” Marvin Nathan, ADL’s national chair, said in a statement.

Last Friday, members of the platform drafting committee “>facing pressure from a group seeking to move the Republicans into declaring the West Bank as part of the Jewish indigenous homeland.