He refused to call it a genocide until 2025, I wouldn’t call that consistent. Dragging his heels, dodging questions about it, calling it a “legal term” until then.
And when he finally called it a genocide, doing so started by condemning Hamas, calling it “Netanyahu’s war” as if it’s not widely supported (polls have shown that it is).
He refused to call it a genocide until 2025, I wouldn’t call that consistent. Dragging his heels, dodging questions about it, calling it a “legal term” until then.
And when he finally called it a genocide, doing so started by condemning Hamas, calling it “Netanyahu’s war” as if it’s not widely supported (polls have shown that it is).
He supports Iron Dome funding/access (unless that changed recently, I’d be happy to hear that but it won’t change my mind on him being a liberal Zionist) https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/prepared-remarks-sanders-on-ending-unfettered-military-aid-to-israel-and-restoring-unrwa-funding/
Interview (Yes, I know it’s from 2017, but it doesn’t seem like this opinion has changed as far as I can tell) https://fileditchfiles.st/beta16/54fd6b222f3c42d1a1f6/bernie_sanders_equal_rights_for_palestinians_and-one-state-solution.mp4
More recently, from 2025: https://fileditchfiles.st/beta16/9dbace77bfa33654edfc/Bernie-Sanders-Israel-Jewish-state.mp4
In my view, Bernie Sanders is consistently a liberal Zionist. Fuck Zionists, including the “liberal” ones.