Bernie Sanders becomes first US senator to say Israel committing genocide in Gaza | Bernie Sanders
Senator Bernie Sanders said on Tuesday that Israel was genocide in Gaza, described the result as “inevitable ve and was the first US senator to use the term.
“In the last two years, Israel has not defended itself against Hamas in the last two years,” Sanders wrote. “Instead, he fought a war against all the Palestinian people.”
Sanders had long for a long time from supporters and protesters to avoid the term he said he had done before.enthusiastic“Protestors mentioned last year during a speech in Ireland.
On Monday, an independent UN Expert Commission concluded Israel’s actions “meet the criteria specified in the genocide agreement”.
“I agree,” Sanders wrote On the Senate web page “Genocide. The purpose is open. “
Sanders showed the wounded figures: At least 65,000 Palestinians were killed and 164,000 people were injured by a population of 2.2 million, showing that 83% of those killed were civilians, with figures from a military database. The authority pointed out the statements of Israeli officials as proof of intention, and the Defense Minister Yoav Gallant promised Palestinians to “Human Animals” and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich “Gaza will be completely destroyed”.
Sanders said that Israel had the right to defend itself after the October 7 attack, which killed approximately 1,200 people, and argued that the response targets all Palestinians in Gaza.
“We, as Americans, should end our complexity in the massacre of the Palestinian people,” he wrote. “After giving him the name of genocide, we must immediately use every ounce of our leverage to demand the first steps to provide the Palestinians with a great increase in the ceasefire, the UN.”
A small but growing home member like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene is currently joining Becca Balint, the Vermont representative, called Genocide in the early hours of the day.
“I believe that the Israeli government has made a genocide against the Palestinian people today, Bal said Balint. OP-ED In Courier. “As the grandson of a man killed in Holocaust, it’s not easy for me to say this.”
Last week, democratic senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley said that after his last trip to the Middle East, ethnicity was committed in Gaza and that the US had come to “inevitable conclusion”.
The statement also plans to recognize the Palestinian state at the UN general assembly of New York, Australia, France, Luxembourg, Malta, Canada and the UK.
Nevertheless, the Trump administration has supported Israel actions since he took office. White House in March, Trump said “”FULL SUPPORTS“Israel’s operations in Gaza proposed to control the US to control Palestine on the lane to help Palestine’s separation.
Sanders had previously led the Senate’s efforts to block the sales of aggressive weapons through Joint approval decisions and failed to stop arms transfers to support half of the Democratic Party members.
Now, the independent deputy called again to end the US military aid ”[Benjamin] Netanyahu’s genocide government ”and immediately asked for a ceasefire.
“Genocide term, reminds us what might happen if we fail,” Sanders wrote. “This word from the Holocaust – the killing of 6 million Jews – one of the darkest parts of human history. Making mistakes. If there is no account for Netanyahu and his war criminals, other demagogues will do the same.”
