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Sanders calls Israeli government 'racist'
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| 02/20/20 03:04
| Elad Benari
Posted on 02/19/2020 7:04:17 PM PST by Olog-hai
The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Wednesday responded to remarks made by Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during a CNN town hall in Las Vegas on Tuesday evening.
In response to a question on how US-Israel relations would look under his administration, Sanders replied, “To be for the Israeli people and to be for peace in the Middle East does not mean that we have to support right-wing, racist governments that currently exist in Israel.”
Sanders further said, “What American foreign policy has got to be about in the Middle East is bringing the Israelis, bring the Palestinians together under the banner of justice. We have the wealth to do it. It cannot just simply be that we’re just pro-Israel and we ignore the needs of the Palestinian people. We’ve got to pay attention to both.”
RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said in response, “Sanders says he supports the Israeli people, just not their democratic government. As it happens, the policies that Sanders calls racist are supported by all the major contenders to be the next Israeli prime minister and by the vast majority of Israeli voters, because they defend the basic national security needs of the Jewish state.” …
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; antizionism; rop; sanders
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posted on
02/19/2020 7:04:17 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Leftists can’t go two seconds without calling non-leftists racists.
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posted on
02/19/2020 7:06:33 PM PST
by
DivineMomentsOfTruth
("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
To: DivineMomentsOfTruth
Simply put:
Sanders is a moron.
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posted on
02/19/2020 7:25:58 PM PST
by
himno hero
(had'nff)
To: Olog-hai
Hateful lying anti- Semite/Nazi with a Jewish name is still a da@@ Nazi.
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posted on
02/19/2020 7:27:20 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE).)
To: faithhopecharity
Any Christian or good Jew or other decent human being should have nothing to do with this old commie pos
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posted on
02/19/2020 7:29:03 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE).)
To: Olog-hai
May have been controversial in 2010, but not one bit controversial in 2020. This is in fact the Dem party dogma.
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posted on
02/19/2020 7:31:10 PM PST
by
nwrep
To: nwrep
Good jooz vs. bad jooz? They’re still jooz.
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posted on
02/19/2020 7:38:54 PM PST
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: DIRTYSECRET
Could all this contempt between jooz explain why too many people hate them?
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posted on
02/19/2020 7:40:01 PM PST
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: DIRTYSECRET
My name is Naughtiess Maximus.
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posted on
02/19/2020 7:40:40 PM PST
by
JusPasenThru
(eBay listing: one Democrat presidential nomination. Reserve price $1 billion.)
To: Olog-hai
Oh, yeah. Throw money at the problem. How come nobody thought of that before?
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posted on
02/19/2020 7:45:21 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Olog-hai
To one who can only view the world through the prism of race, everything looks racist.
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posted on
02/19/2020 7:47:50 PM PST
by
null and void
(By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
To: JusPasenThru
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posted on
02/19/2020 7:48:48 PM PST
by
null and void
(By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
To: Olog-hai
IOWs the solution is U.S. taxpayer dollars and he wants to give it to terrorists.
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posted on
02/19/2020 7:49:01 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
To: null and void
No, Sanders is a BDWE. Big Dick With Ears.
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posted on
02/19/2020 7:51:31 PM PST
by
mfish13
(Elections have Consequences.)
To: DIRTYSECRET
Sanders is no more a Jew than Karl Marx was. Communists are atheists.
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posted on
02/19/2020 7:57:37 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
What do you call six democrats in a circle, on stage, holding hands?
A dope ring.
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posted on
02/19/2020 7:58:56 PM PST
by
crz
To: himno hero
Sanders has 2 Islamic jihadists running his campaign
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posted on
02/19/2020 8:07:12 PM PST
by
Starcitizen
(American. No hypenation necessary. Send the H1B and H4EAD slime home. American jobs for Americans)
To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Big deal, everyone is a racist.
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posted on
02/21/2020 3:29:21 PM PST
by
SJackson
(blow in a dogÂ’s face, he gets mad at you, car ride; he sticks his head out the window)
To: Olog-hai
In the meantime, REAL racist governments don’t get called out for their racist behavior!
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posted on
02/21/2020 8:23:36 PM PST
by
Taxman
(We will never be a truly FRee people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS!)
To: SJackson
Everything is racialism to Bigots. Normal people dont care or notice.
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posted on
02/22/2020 6:02:01 AM PST
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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