{"id":33174,"date":"2024-04-25T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T02:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=33174"},"modified":"2024-04-25T19:11:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T02:11:01","slug":"bernie-sanders-to-netanyahu-it-is-not-antisemitic-to-hold-you-accountable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/04\/25\/bernie-sanders-to-netanyahu-it-is-not-antisemitic-to-hold-you-accountable\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders to Netanyahu: ‘It Is Not Antisemitic to Hold You Accountable’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks during a hearing on March 14, 2024 in Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo: Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Please, do not insult the intelligence of the American people by attempting to distract us from the immoral and illegal war policies of your extremist and racist government,” said the Vermont senator to Israel’s prime minister.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JAKE JOHNSON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr 25, 2024 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jewish U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a> issued a scathing statement Thursday pushing back against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s characterization of burgeoning protests on American university campuses as “antisemitic,” declaring, “It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable for your actions.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“No, Mr. Netanyahu. It is not antisemitic or pro-Hamas to point out that in a little over six months, your extremist government has killed 34,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 77,000\u201470% of whom are women and children,” said Sanders (I-Vt.). “It is not antisemitic to point out that your bombing has completely destroyed more than 221,000 housing units in Gaza<\/a>, leaving more than one million people homeless\u2014almost half the population.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Antisemitism is a vile and disgusting form of bigotry that has done unspeakable harm to many millions of people,” continued Sanders, who lost family members<\/a> to the Nazi Holocaust. “But, please, do not insult the intelligence of the American people by attempting to distract us from the immoral and illegal war policies of your extremist and racist government. Do not use antisemitism to deflect attention from the criminal indictment you are facing in the Israeli courts.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, Mr. Netanyahu. It is not antisemitic or pro-Hamas to point out that in a little over six months your extremist government has killed 34,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 77,000 \u2013 70% of whom are women and children.

You will not distract us from this immoral war. pic.twitter.com\/oDaiyU4ipD<\/a><\/p>— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 25, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>