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

[Arazi]

88. Hamas has stockpiles in their tunnels

Released hostages have reported this.

Hamas is stealing the humanitarian aid that comes in. These are just facts.

Frankly I reject your framing that any of this is Israel’s responsibility. This is Hamas’ war. They started it. They chose the battlefield. They’ve run the game from start to finish.

War is a horror. Pro-Pal supporters appear aghast at the suffering but there are far worse atrocities happening elsewhere right now. Im unmoved by the “but Israel, first world nation” bullshit. The singular focus on Israel is antisemitic. Maybe you personally are not, but the movement has morphed into ugly tropes.

War is a fucking horror. What’s happening in Gaza isnt new or unique. The faster it’s over the better. I’m on record saying I wish Israel had gone in surgically, strategically but I don’t have thousands of years of history as a Jew dealing with terrorism, massacres, forced expulsions, and pogroms coloring my every move in my daily life. Every Jew in Israel does. It’s literally one of their foundation stories. “Never again is now” isn’t just a cute slogan for them