The Vermont Senator, one of America’s highest-profile Jewish lawmakers, said the Israeli leader was head of an ‘extremist and racist government’ and that the US campus protests against the Gaza war are ‘not antisemitic’
  • Hegar@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    calling antisemitism “a vile and disgusting form of bigotry that has done unspeakable harm to many millions of people”.

    “But, please, do not insult the intelligence of the American people by attempting to distract us from the immoral and illegal war policies of your extremist and racist government. Do not use antisemitism to deflect attention from the criminal indictment you are facing in the Israeli courts. It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable for your actions,”

    • intrepid@lemmy.caEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Sadly a very common and favorite strategy of genocidal autocratic regimes across the world.

      • nforminvasion@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        It is always in the favor of states to not only claim to support their people, and even represent them, but to encapsulate their identity. Authoritarian after authoritarian has learned this.

        Criticize the CCP , you’re a sinophobe. Criticize the Iranian or Saudi governmenta and you are demonstrating Islamophobia and antiarabic prejudice. Now with Israel. Plenty have done and it damn works, that’s the worst part.

  • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
    612·
    8 months ago

    Bernie is the model of what a politician should be. And about the only one left in the USA that gives a fuck about actual justice and truth.

    • Asafum@feddit.nlEnglish
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      8 months ago

      When he ran for president I saw him and said “holy shit it’s that guy!”

      I went through a phase where I watched wayyyyyyyyyyyy too many documentaries, and pretty much any time there was a section that involved Congress he was always shown in a clip being on the right side of the debate.

      He’s always been on “our” side which I imagine is why he’s an “independent.”

  • Monument@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Wow, he really slammed him.

    Joking aside, I really appreciate that Bernie is speaking up. (And to a lesser extent that the headline doesn’t fall back to that overused descriptor.)

      • Monument@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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        8 months ago

        I’m not saying I wouldn’t have mixed feelings about it, but I don’t think I’d have reservations about a politician that put on a luchador mask or dressed up like an 80’s wrestler and said the right things in absolutely batshit ways during press junkets and campaign appearances. And then, obviously, did those things in non-batshit ways while on the clock.

        Saturday night: “I’m gonna slap Netanyahu like a bitch!”
        Monday morning: “I’ve introduced legislation to suspend all military aid and arms sales to Israel immediately. Resumption of aid and/or arms sales is contingent upon the outcome of the ICJ war crimes investigation.”

  • sandman@lemmy.caEnglish
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    8 months ago

    He’s not a part of both sides.

    Fuck everyone who voted for joe and hillary in the primaries.

    • anticolonialist@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      He was a sheepdog who’s job was to keep disenfranchised voters rounded up in the party with illusions of having a seat at the table.

    • Neuromancer@lemm.eeEnglish
      262·
      8 months ago

      I like Sanders because he isn’t just another d/r. He speaks his mind, and I believe he believes in what he says. I would vote for him out of principle.

      That said, his ideas are idiotic for the most part, and he has no clue how the economy works.If elected the country would quickly become a wasteland if his ideas were implemented but I would feel decent voting for him at least.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    8 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is pushing back after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused US college students protesting against the war in Gaza of being antisemitic.

    On Wednesday, Netanyahu’s office released a video of the US-born Israeli leader attacking the student-led protests that have taken over campus spaces at numerous universities.

    Senator Sanders — one of America’s highest-profile Jewish lawmakers — responded in a statement on Thursday in which he directly refuted Netanyahu’s accusations and addressed him by name.

    It is not antisemitic to point out that your bombing has completely destroyed more than 221,000 housing units in Gaza, leaving more than one million people homeless – almost half the population,” Mr Sanders said.

    Sanders closed the statement by again addressing the Israeli leader directly and calling antisemitism “a vile and disgusting form of bigotry that has done unspeakable harm to many millions of people”.

    US House Speaker Mike Johnson echoed Netanyahu’s criticisms during a visit to Columbia on Wednesday, where he was greeted with a chorus of boos from gathered demonstrators.

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  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Israel is pretty much Bernie’s worst position, and he still one of the best senators on the issue. His worst take is still the best take around.

    • Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.eeEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I mean, he did one better. He defined genocide in describing the explicit war crimes of Israel. I think it’s a little unreasonable to be angry that he didn’t use the term when he outright stated that Israel killed and injured 100,000, 70% of which are women and children, rendered a million people homeless and created famine conditions.

      I’d be more upset if he just said “genocide” and didn’t clarify the rest like he did.