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,”

  • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    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.

    • 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.