You could be forgiven for having fallen asleep early during the last snoozer of a Democratic Party debate. But among the nonsense, garbage, and jingoism was an important marker for the movement for justice in Palestine.

Following a pile-on of nationalist talking points from several Democratic nominees, the moderators turned to Senator Bernie Sanders on the question of US partnerships. After discussing the dictatorship in Saudi Arabia, Bernie unexpectedly pivoted to Palestine:

And by the way, the same thing goes with Israel and the Palestinians. It is no longer good enough for us simply to be pro-Israel. I am pro-Israel. But we must treat the Palestinian people as well with the respect and dignity that they deserve . . . What is going on in Gaza right now, where youth unemployment is 70 percent or 80 percent, is unsustainable. So we need to be rethinking who our allies are around the world, work with the United Nations, and not continue to support brutal dictatorships.