Jimdamick
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said yesterday that U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East cannot be “pro-Israel.”
The Democratic 2020 presidential candidate, who is Jewish and has lived in Israel in the past, made the remark Friday on the "Pod Save America" podcast.
“Our policy cannot just be pro-Israel, pro-Israel, pro-Israel,” Sanders said. “It has got to be pro-region, working with all of the people, all of the countries in that area.”
During a recent town hall meeting on CNN, the Democratic presidential candidate referred to the current administration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “racist government.”
“I read Secretary Clinton’s speech before AIPAC. I heard virtually no discussion at all about the needs of the Palestinian people,” Sanders said. “Of course Israel has a right to defend itself, but long-term, there will never be peace in that region, unless the United States plays an even-handed role, trying to bring people together and recognizing the serious problems that exist among the Palestinian people ... There comes a time when, if we pursue justice and peace, we are going to have to say that Netanyahu is not right all of the time.”
“The goal must be to try to bring people together and not just support one country, which is now run by a right-wing, dare I say, racist government,” Sanders said, adding that Netanyahu “is treating the Palestinian people extremely unfairly”.
Oh well, Bernie just fucked himself hard, again, as far as American voters are concerned, because historically the US has sucked Israeli dick since it's founding, and that is unlikely to change anytime soon.
Now Trump will probably call him an anti-Semitic self hating Jew (lol)
The man is right, but his lofty goals will never be accepted by the dimwits in this country, and that is very sad, but at least he has the balls to speak the truth, and I admire that.
The Democratic 2020 presidential candidate, who is Jewish and has lived in Israel in the past, made the remark Friday on the "Pod Save America" podcast.
“Our policy cannot just be pro-Israel, pro-Israel, pro-Israel,” Sanders said. “It has got to be pro-region, working with all of the people, all of the countries in that area.”
During a recent town hall meeting on CNN, the Democratic presidential candidate referred to the current administration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “racist government.”
“I read Secretary Clinton’s speech before AIPAC. I heard virtually no discussion at all about the needs of the Palestinian people,” Sanders said. “Of course Israel has a right to defend itself, but long-term, there will never be peace in that region, unless the United States plays an even-handed role, trying to bring people together and recognizing the serious problems that exist among the Palestinian people ... There comes a time when, if we pursue justice and peace, we are going to have to say that Netanyahu is not right all of the time.”
“The goal must be to try to bring people together and not just support one country, which is now run by a right-wing, dare I say, racist government,” Sanders said, adding that Netanyahu “is treating the Palestinian people extremely unfairly”.
Oh well, Bernie just fucked himself hard, again, as far as American voters are concerned, because historically the US has sucked Israeli dick since it's founding, and that is unlikely to change anytime soon.
Now Trump will probably call him an anti-Semitic self hating Jew (lol)
The man is right, but his lofty goals will never be accepted by the dimwits in this country, and that is very sad, but at least he has the balls to speak the truth, and I admire that.
