Josh Shapiro U-Turns Over Old Story He Was Israeli Army Volunteer

Josh Shapiro abandoned a 31-year-old claim that he “volunteered” for the Israeli military almost as soon as it was resurfaced Friday.

The Pennsylvania governor, who is favorite to be Kamala Harris’ running mate as early as this weekend, had written a newspaper column as a student in 1993 in which he made the claim about helping the IDF.

In the article, entitled “Peace Not Possible,” a 20-year-old Shapiro wrote about the Palestine Liberation Organization’s mututal agreement with Israel at the Oslo accords,“Despite my skepticism as a Jew and a past volunteer in the Israeli army, I strongly hope and pray that this ‘peace plan’ will be successful.”

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