US Senator Bernie Sanders emphasized that the support protests against Israel’s war in Gaza are not “anti-Semitic,” as claimed by the Prime Minister of the entity, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is trying to divert attention from his government’s extremist crimes.
In a video posted on X, Sanders accused Netanyahu of “insult[ing] the intelligence of the American people” by using antisemitism to distract attention from the policies of his “extremist and racist government” in the military offensive in Gaza.
“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 over 34,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 78,000, 70% of whom are women and children,” Sanders said.
The two-and-a-half-minute video listed a catalog of further consequences of the war in the Palestinian coastal territory, including the destruction of infrastructure, hospitals, universities, and schools, along with the killing of more than 400 health workers.
Sanders said Netanyahu’s government had unreasonably blocked humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza, causing “thousands of children [to] face malnutrition and famine”.
Sanders’ comments were a riposte to a video posted on social media by Netanyahu in which he waded in to protests sweeping American university campuses and claimed not enough was being done to combat a “horrific” rise in antisemitism.
Israel initiated its offensive on Gaza on October 7 following actions by the Palestinian Hamas resistance group in response to Israeli provocations against Palestinians.
Additionally, the Tel Aviv regime has imposed a severe blockade on the territory, severely limiting access to fuel, electricity, food, and water for the more than two million Palestinians residing there.
The Gaza Health Ministry has reported a devastating toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression, with 34,454 confirmed deaths and 77,575 injuries over the past 203 days.
