Bernie Sanders: "Frankly I have a hard time understanding why Congress won't act to put a stop to this suffering"

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85. Even if every crumb of food went to civilians, they would still starve.

Because Israel won't let in sufficient aid to prevent it.

The little that is allowed in can't get to where it's needed because there are no humanitarian corridors.

It is disingenous at best to state that the responsibility for food stability rests with a party that is not in control of the crossings, has not created the bizarre "inspections" that have led to trucks waiting for weeks or being turned away, did not impose a near 3-week total siege, nor is committing the indiscriminate bombing that prevents safe passage. It's an insult to people's intelligence.

Pointing to Yemen and Sudan doesn't cut it for me. What happened there was wrong too and there were other factors besides the blocking of aid or a seaport. In the case of Gaza, the sole reason is the siege and then the blocking or obstruction of the flow of aid. And again, Yemen and Sudan are not Western countries that receive military or moral support from our Western governments whereas Israel boasts that it is fighting for civilization. If that is the case, uncivilized war tactics should be protested not excused.

I really don't care if you think these views are anti-Semitic, though that is unfair. They are based in reality and my sense of what's right and wrong. I don't believe in saying nothing because Israel.