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[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“Violating international law” is pretty sterile/soft verbiage for fucking war crimes.

[–] [email protected] 95 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We have a Jewish politician open criticizing Israel, I'm pretty sure that says more than enough on its own

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you mean? Jewish politicians are the only ones allowed to even mildly criticize Israel, because anti-semitism claims against them are taken slightly less seriously.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Spot on. Bernie has been called an anti-Semite before, he will probably be called one again for this and I'm sure it won't be the last time he is called one.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And cue someone from the GOP calling him an antisemite/Nazi in 3… 2… 1…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Nazi Jew Mystery Stories: The Case of the Missing Fucks Given

[–] undercrust 82 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Once again, massive swinging dick Bernie Sanders is one of the few bold enough to actually spit truth, no matter how much shit he catches for it.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe its not the "jews" and the "palestanians" but the israeli government and hamas thats causing the problem. Also israel is a huge weapons testing facility for the us basically.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You're right, it's not the Jews and the Palestinians, it's Hamas and Israel. But any criticism of Israel is seen as antisemitism.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Make it a point to say the Israeli Government

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are a lot of idiots in the world.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And they can be ignored

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I watched Sanders a couple of Dutch interview shows in the past few days because his latest book was translated to Dutch. He seemed sharp as a whip.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Sanders also reiterated his prior condemnation of the Hamas attack, calling it a “major setback for any hope of peace and reconciliation in the region – and justice for the Palestinian people.”

There was never any hope of peace and reconciliation and justice. 🙄

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

No, not with any knowledge of the last 70 years in the region.

Extremists on both side of this conflict want nothing but the extermination of the other and have been saying so for decades.

The world has been trying to broker any sort of solution for all that time but the political leaders on each side do not believe the other has a right to exist.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So glad zionists don't control the narrative this time.

It seems like the internet is doing it's job, for once.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They do sadly. The media has repeated Israeli lies again and again even when provided with no proof of their claims. The whole baby beheading thing got spread so much that Joe Biden ended up calling it out and later clarified that they don't have proof as well.

And Reddit has been banning pro Palestine subs and users from yesterday.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I sincerely doubt they're banning "pro-palestine" subs and users and are banning the ones supporting Hamas and mindless violence. Reddit is far more anti-zionist than any other social media, for example.

Not to say that the Israeli propaganda machine isn't running, but there is definitely a portion of antisemitic backing for Hamas (not Palestine) that's going to get places banned for not following reddit's sitewide rules about hate (just have to use some dogwhistles to get around it tho).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

While it's still evil as fuck to see so much both sides garbage, I have yet to see anyone outright supporting the Zionists in this.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think saying Israel has a 'blank check' to do whatever they want to Gaza is 'outright supporting Zionists.'

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah, you're right.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


"For many, it is no secret that Gaza has been an open-air prison, with millions of people struggling to secure basic necessities," Sanders said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

"Israel's blanket denial of food, water, and other necessities to Gaza is a serious violation of international law and will do nothing but harm innocent civilians."

Sanders also reiterated his prior condemnation of the Hamas attack, calling it a "major setback for any hope of peace and reconciliation in the region – and justice for the Palestinian people."

Sanders is among the most prominent Jewish politicians in America, and during his presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020, he was notably far more critical of Israel than most Democrats.

His comments are largely in line with those of progressive "Squad" members in the House, who have called for a cease-fire in the wake of the Hamas attack.

Some of those lawmakers have also used the word "apartheid" to describe Israeli's occupation of the West Bank and blockade of Gaza, a term that's used by numerous international human rights groups but is largely eschewed by American politicians.


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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

For a public statement by a U.S. Senator it is about as critical of Israel anyone could expect. I would wager far moreso in fact.