Clinton’s Democratic rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, skipped the AIPAC conference, saying he needed to continue campaigning in Western states ahead of today’s primary and caucuses. But he did address the issue on the campaign trail.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: “I am here to tell the American people that, if elected president, I will work tirelessly to advance the cause of peace as a partner and as a friend to Israel. But to be successful, we have also got to be a friend not only to Israel, but to the Palestinian people, where in Gaza unemployment today is 44 percent, and we have there a poverty rate which is almost as high.”