Sanders says he'll boycott Netanyahu speech

[Uncle Joe]

Last edited Thu May 23, 2024, 02:28 PM - Edit history (2)

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“Look, you have a prime minister who has created the worst humanitarian disaster in modern history,” Sanders told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins in an interview. “Israel, of course, had the right to defend itself against the Hamas terrorist attack, but what Netanyahu has done is go to war against — all-out war — against the entire Palestinian people, women and children.”

“Five percent of the population is now dead or wounded. 60 percent of them are women and children. Some 200,000 housing units have been completely destroyed,” he continued. “Every university in Gaza has been bombed. There is now imminent starvation taking place.”

“So why you would invite somebody who has done such horrific things to the Palestinian people is something that I think is a very bad idea,” he added.

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“I boycotted his last visit. I certainly will not attend this one,” said Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), a Jewish Democrat who characterized Netanyahu as “a menace.”

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4681389-bernie-sanders-benjamin-netanyahu-congress-speech-boycott-threat/

Netanyahu just came to America and in an interview with Stephanie Ruhle basically said that the Americans exercising their 1st Amendment rights to protest against war crimes and perceived genocide are un-American, but so far there has been no criticism against the insurgents that tried to overthrow our democracy nor the political party that largely supports them.

Kudos to anyone that boycotts this political commercial for *rump's party.

[marble falls]

1. Unless it's a mea culp with a resignation and withdrawal from public life.

[LuvLoogie]

2. Bravo

We shouldn't be be selling out to that arrogant prick and his stay out of jail program.