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Bernie Sanders: The U.S. Must Stop Being an Apologist for the Netanyahu Government
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May 14, 2021

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Let’s be clear. No one is arguing that Israel, or any government, does not have the right to self-defense or to protect its people. So why are these words repeated year after year, war after war? And why is the question almost never asked: “What are the rights of the Palestinian people?”

In this moment of crisis, the United States should be urging an immediate cease-fire. We should also understand that, while Hamas firing rockets into Israeli communities is absolutely unacceptable, today’s conflict did not begin with those rockets.

And why do we seem to take notice of the violence in Israel and Palestine only when rockets are falling on Israel?

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