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Biden condemns antisemitism in UK and US, as Democrats hit out at proposed annexations

The presumptive Democratic nominee was speaking at a fundraising event on Tuesday

May 22, 2020 13:12
Former Vice President Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee who will face off against President Trump in November
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Former American Vice President Joe Biden has condemned antisemitism in the United States and Britain and called for Israel to “stop the threat of annexation” in the West Bank, according to a transcript of a fundraising event seen by The New York Times.

Mr Biden was speaking at a virtual fundraiser hosted by Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt and former US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro on Tuesday.

The presumptive Democratic nominee for President was asked about antisemitism on the left in Britain and the United States and replied: “We have to condemn it, and I’ve gotten in trouble for doing that.”

“Whatever the source, right, left or centre,” he continued.