Posted on 05/16/2018 6:53:21 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Sen. Bernie Sanders condemned the Israeli response to riots in Gaza and criticized President Donald Trump’s foreign policy during an interview Monday.
Speaking to Mehdi Hasan of the Intercept, Sanders maintained that America needs to dial back its involvement abroad and argued Israel is to blame for violence in Gaza. Hasan said various "human right groups" have accused the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) of committing war crimes.
"Do you believe, as many human rights groups — American, Israeli, Palestinian, European — are saying, that the IDF snipers shooting kids, people in wheelchairs, are those war crimes?" Hasan asked.
"Those are terrible actions," Sanders said. "Instead of applauding Israel for its actions, Israel should be condemned. Israel has a right to security, but shooting unarmed protesters is not what it is about."
The terrorist organization Hamas directed the riots Hasan spoke about, according to the Israeli internal security service Shin Bet. The purpose of the riots is to use civilians to breach a border fence so that Hamas terrorists can enter Israel with cover from the rioting crowd, but Sanders did not address Hamas in his response except when he accidentally referred to Hamas’ "unemployment" crisis.
"When you have a situation in Hamas, where youth unemployment is somewhere around 60 percent," Sanders said, prompting Hasan to interject.
"Gaza," Hasan said, correcting Sanders for saying "Hamas."
After Sanders blamed the violence on economics, Hasan tried to steer the discussion toward the Trump administration's decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. A ceremony on Monday marked the official opening of the embassy in Jerusalem.
"Today’s violence seems to be almost in direct response to the embassy move — some would say an illegal embassy move — how much do you think Donald Trump is responsible for today’s violence?" Hasan asked.
He also signaled his support for the Iran nuclear deal.
"I think so; you have got to save the deal," Sanders said. "It’s not just Europe — the United States Congress has got to reassert its authority over foreign policy."
Hasan read questions selected from Intercept Facebook readers that expressed favor for Iran’s claims in the regions, noting some consider it unfair Iran is not allowed a nuclear program to counter Israel’s nuclear weapons and that Iran has good reason not to trust the United States. Hasan nodded along as Sanders said the problems between Iran and the U.S. stem from the CIA overthrowing Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953, even though the senator said he did not want Iran or any other country to have nuclear weapons.
Sanders refrained from criticizing Iran and instead went after Saudi Arabia.
"This is a despotic regime run by a number of multi-billionaires," Sanders said about the Saudis.
Hasan stated that the media should be sanctioned for "dishonest, demonising press coverage" of Muslims.
During a sermon delivered in 2009 quoting a verse of the Quran, Hasan said to an audience: "The kuffar, the disbelievers, the atheists who remain deaf and stubborn to the teachings of Islam, the rational message of the Koran; they are described in the Koran as “a people of no intelligence”, Allah describes them as not of no morality, not as people of no belief – people of “no intelligence” – because they’re incapable of the intellectual effort it requires to shake off those blind prejudices, to shake off those easy assumptions about this world, about the existence of God. In this respect, the Koran describes the atheists as “cattle”, as cattle of those who grow the crops and do not stop and wonder about this world."
Will Bernie remove his security and let people run him over ?
Anyone who attacks an Israeli Border Fence should be shot on sight. Shoot them all and let G-d sort them out.
Drive all the nay-sayers right into apoplexy!
Liberals siding with terrorists once again, tiresome.
The spectacle of virile, nationalistic men defending their borders and culture does not sit well with people like Sanders.
Agree, Israel has been around for 70 years.
Hey Bernie, would you allow people to storm the fence around your house and throw Molotov Cocktails into your home?
You can always count on Bernie. A fool to the bone.
“Do you believe, as many human rights groupsare saying, that the IDF snipers shooting kids, people in wheelchairs...”
No. No I don’t.
Poor Bernnie's view of "reasserting authority over foreign policy" is probably analogous to Che Guevara filling up stadiums and killing all who politically disagree with him.....
“Liberals siding with terrorists once again, tiresome.”
But, but, but Bernie is a Jew! Shouldn’t he be for Israel?
Good question
Wonder if his lake house is guarded from invasion by violent mobs
Aka “peaceful but overly insistent wannabe tenants”
Bernie is an offshoot from the part of the tribe that took a left turn in the desert, then while Moses went looking for directions, made a golden calf to worship
Only because Karl Marx wasnt invented yet
Settle down, Bernie. Have another knich.
The people he hired for his campaigm included a number of Jew haters.
Marxist moron Sanders ALERT!
Does Bernie have the guts to go over & witness himself what the Israelis are dealing with?
I way he doesn’t ——
Let him put his money where his mouth is.
He won’t. He is a loud mouthed coward.
WHICH ONE? He has 3.
Lol!!
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