Gavin Newsom said he supports Palestinian statehood.

GAVIN NEWSOM: But we're united by core values: we believe in growth and inclusion, we believe we're all better off when we're all better off, we believe in empathy, care, and compassion, not just power, dominance, and aggression.

I mean, those are foundational values.

We believe in the expansion of rights, not the contraction of rights.

We believe in social justice, racial justice, economic justice.

We believe in pluralism, and we practice pluralism.

These are things that unite every one of those folks within that political spectrum.

HOST: I do want to ask about the issue of Israel as well, though, because that has divided the party, and that's a very clear divide.

We saw that in Michigan, we're seeing it in other places as well, so what's the Democratic stance on U.S. support?

GAVIN NEWSOM: I think it's overwhelmingly opposed to the current regime in Israel.

You believe the party is? Oh my gosh, I don't think it's even controversial anymore.

The condemnation of what Bibi Netanyahu is doing is almost universal.

There's not controversy within the party on that.

From my perspective, the expansion of the settlers and what's happened in the settler movement and the violence in the West Bank, the opposition that he's advanced as it relates to a two-state solution.

We want to secure Israel.

We want a democratic and secure Israel, and we want a secure and democratic Palestinian state as well, right next door.

And I don't think that's a really divisive thing.

I think some of the languages as it relates to how the language has been weaponized, but I think universally everyone agrees, even if you don't think it's genocide, that it's been a moral catastrophe how things have been conducted.

And I think the vast majority of us, vast majority, also agree about the atrocities on October 7th and how horrific and unacceptable those were, and the terrorism that was perpetrated by Hamas.

And so I think both ends.

So I don't see that as divisive as some do.

There are aspects of rhetoric from some candidates that clearly are on the spectrum of concern that are legitimate.

I will say, separate from the rhetoric, though, even accepting money from AIPAC has become sort of a litmus test for candidates.

But again, it's pretty overwhelming opposition to accepting money from AIPAC as well.

So I think these things that have been— But a number of Democrats continue to, and this was a clear dividing line in Michigan.

Yeah, I think there are some, but I think it's a minority of Democrats that are accepting AIPAC.

I just think it's— I think we've gone through the friction. I think we're on the other side.

I think in the— it's dramatic.

I'm with you in the last couple of years, but the vast majority of Democrats I talk to, even Democrats in the past that have taken AIPAC money, are pledging not to now.

I think that's more of a mainstream position, interestingly, within the Democratic Party.

We want a democratic and secure Israel, and we want a secure and democratic Palestinian state as well, right next door.

And I don't think that's a really divisive thing.

I think some of the languages as it relates to how the language has been weaponized, but I think universally everyone agrees, even if you don't think it's genocide, that it's been a moral catastrophe how things have been conducted.

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