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There have been five wars fought between Israel and its neighbors in the last fifteen years. Over that time, and before, there have been thousands of diplomats from around the world working on a variety of plans to bring peace and stability to the region, and hundreds of conferences. They have all failed.
Today, the situation in the area is more horrific, more brutal, more inhumane, and more dangerous than ever before. I wish I could tell you that I had some magic solution, or five-point plan to resolve this never-ending crisis. I don’t. But this I do know.
The barbarous terrorist act committed by Hamas against innocent men, women, and children in Israel was a horrific act that must be strongly condemned by the entire world. There is absolutely no justification for shooting down hundreds of young people at a music festival, killing babies in cold blood and taking hostages. In my view, the state of Israel has the absolute right to defend itself against Hamas' terrorism.
It is also clear that this attack will only embolden the extremists on both sides who see violence as the only answer. It also creates the immediate possibility of a wider war in the area with unforeseen and dangerous consequences.
But in the midst of the terrorism, the missiles and bombs being exploded daily, and a hospital in Gaza being destroyed, there is another humanitarian disaster that is unfolding. Today, as a result of an Israeli evacuation order, hundreds of thousands of innocent and desperate people in Gaza are facing inhumane and life-threatening conditions. These are people who have been driven from their homes, who have no food, water, or fuel, who don’t know where they are going or who will accept them or if they will ever again return to their homes. And I would remind you that half of those people are children.
Last night, on the floor of the Senate, I blocked an effort on the part of some Republicans to prevent desperately needed humanitarian aid from the United Nations and other relief agencies from getting to these Palestinians.
In these very difficult times, we cannot turn our backs on these innocent men, women and children who are desperately trying to survive. That is not what this country must ever be about.
I hope you'll watch and share it today:
https://x.com/sensanders/status/1714806126863143292?s=46&t=VjJ-cjQEBBD1s8bwm18Jyw
In solidarity,
Bernie Sanders
In my view, all Palestinians have the absolute right to defend themselves
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supported US invasion of Afghanistan
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incessantly whines about how imperial periphery countries are just as responsible for pollution as imperial core countries, even though the imperial core countries industrialized way earlier in history, accumulated capital, and then outsources all their pollution-generating industrial activities to the periphery in demand for cheap labor and cheap commodities
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"joe biden is my good friend"
yep. it's social fascism time
Carefully chosen words to make sure he didn't describe active violence from Israelis against Palestinians. The Palestinians were terrorists, but bombs and explosions and destruction and lack of water/power/medical supplies just happened in Gaza.
Cowardly, genocide supporting, piece of shit. Even Corbyn has managed to walk the line and stick to his ideals on this.
Corbin was always better on foreign policy than Bernie. He’s no Mao but still miles better
I agree, I just watched him give up basically half way (if that) through his opportunity to make some small modicum of change. Maybe he had a spine but he sure as shit didn't have the stamina and dedication.he wanted to be Tony Benn and he didn't even make it that far, never mind a proper leader, or PM, or even a politically martyred failure.
I don't agree he didn't give up he lost there's a difference
He did fail as a leader though the trouble was brexit was an issue that divided labour voters. If he had committed to being anti-EU he probably would have done far better
I'm not trying to relitigate the failures of the Labour Party, but I will say that I liked Corbyn personally, both before an during his leadership. We had people in common (albeit not closely) and after the 2017 election he seemed done; tired, increasingly non-committal, and increasingly delegating to more and more dubious people surrounding him. He'd recieved an onslaught of backstabbing and media poison before that and it only got worse. I think any normal, nice, maybe slightly naive person would have reacted similarly to be fair, but there absolutely was a decline.
in solidarity
Fuck off Bernard. How fucking dare he. That's fine if you demand Palestinian blood sacrifice like every other people in power in DC, but have the decency of not steal the language of our collective struggle on top.
In solidarity (with the hospital/place of worship bombers & warmongers)
Has if Radlibs haven’t appropriated the language of revolution and made it into meaningless platitudes - see eat the rich-
Homeboy could have just retired after losing in 2016 and been remembered fondly as the grandpa of a whole new wave of people on the left.
no democrat would ever train up a successor. I don't think republicans do either it's just easier to be horrible and say wild shit like the qanon caucus.
I'm not talking about in government. The Bernie 2016 campaign made publicly calling yourself a "socialist" or "leftist" in the US the most acceptable its been in almost a century.
They actively muddled what socialism or leftism was, now every chauvinist uses feminism, decolonization, anti-imperialism to HURT the left. Because it was trendy to be the breadtuber video essayist, bernie was just an average sucdem which have been present in most countries anyways. He wasn’t never going to amount to shit.
I mean sure, Bernie himself wasn't going to amount to anything, but every single leftist I know in real life under 35 started with Bernie then moved left.
Bernie never used the terms decolonization or anti-imperialism himself, he was always a succdem. And feminist has been a chud insult for decades. I don't think you can reasonably say Bernie hurt leftism in America, but it's definitely time to move past him.
missiles and bombs being exploded daily
a hospital in Gaza being destroyed
We gotta stop this mf called 'being'
They have the right to defend themselves by committing unlimited genocide on whoever they want so long as it matches
The barbarous terrorist act committed by Hamas
the state of Israel has the absolute right to defend itself against Hamas' terrorism
Contrasted with
missiles and bombs being exploded daily
there is another humanitarian disaster that is unfolding
people who have been driven from their homes
Using this same duplicitous language as media - Palestine (the powerless side with literally no other options) shoulders all the agency and blame for killing Israelis, and Palestinian civilians are just, y'know, suffering a coincidental disaster. All the IDF are doing is giving evacuation orders! Never mind the explicit, deliberate, internationally recognised war crimes they're committing on a daily basis.
Bernie couldn't even
this shit? He went full explicit support for Israel. Truly awful.tErRoRiSm
Piece of shit should keep "solidarity" out of his mouth
"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind"
I wish I could tell you that I had some magic solution, or five-point plan to resolve this never-ending crisis. I don’t.
Then stfu Bernie
i got a five-point plan:
- israel is dissolved
- palestinains (including anyone rendered stateless by 1, but not any dual+ citizens of the former israel) form a government based on the vietnamese model
- settlers gtfo if they don't like it
- huh i guess there's an extra one
- death to america
communist that libs haven't learned to smear yet. Luna Oi! did a video about how their elections work a while back i can go looking for it in my watch history if it's not super easy to find on her channel.
Here is my 5 point plan
- Roses are red
- Violet are blue
- An apartheid state is not acceptable in the 21st century
- So is an ethnostate
- One state solution it is
Israel wants a one state solution, too. They just have a different way of getting to one.
Incidentally, every pro-zionist comment on the issue begins or ends with “I don't know what a good solution is.” Then why speak?
He really couched his thesis here
Last night, on the floor of the Senate, I blocked an effort on the part of some Republicans to prevent desperately needed humanitarian aid from the United Nations and other relief agencies from getting to these Palestinians.
In these very difficult times, we cannot turn our backs on these innocent men, women and children who are desperately trying to survive. That is not what this country must ever be about.
If it was just that it would be fine
