Dem Sen. Merkley: We're Moving Away from Saying Best Thing Is For Israel 'To Always Know We Have Their Back'

On Thursday's broadcast of MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports," Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) stated that we're in a transition away from our policy where "we basically said, the best way we can help Israel towards a future of peace is to always know we have their back, they'll do the right thing. But now we have seen what has transpired in the West Bank with the daily de facto annexation through highways and settlements and outposts. We've seen that the despair has bred violence. We've got to be engaged towards a better future."