Bernie Sanders makes the case for Kamala Harris to pro-Palestinian critics
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Hopes for a change to US policy on Israel’s approach to the war in Gaza, the fight against climate change, the battle for abortion rights – all of it, Sen. Bernie Sanders said on Monday night, would be dashed or defeated if Donald Trump wins reelection in November.
Hopes for a change to US policy on Israel’s approach to the war in Gaza, the fight against climate change, the battle for abortion rights – all of it, Sen. Bernie Sanders said on Monday night, would be dashed or defeated if Donald Trump wins reelection in November. Vice President Kamala Harris, since becoming the Democratic nominee, has been challenged by pro-Palestinian, anti-war activists to either publicly advocate for conditioning military aid to Israel or, at a minimum, signal that she would break from President Joe Biden’s robust support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government. On Monday night, Sanders placed himself among those critics as he made an impassioned case for Harris in a video posted to social media. “I understand that there are millions of Americans who disagree with President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on the terrible war in Gaza. I am one of them,” the Vermont independent said, speaking directly to camera, before stating again that “Israel had a right to defend itself against a horrific Hamas terrorist attack of October 7.” Sanders was one of the first federal lawmakers to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and, though he moved more cautiously than many left-wing activists hoped for, soon emerged as one of the most vocal critics of Netanyahu on Capitol Hill and a relentless advocate for a change in US policy. In September, he announced plans to file a Senate resolution blocking the sale of offensive weaponry to Israel. “Some of you are saying, how can I vote for Kamala Harris if she is supporting this terrible war? And that is a very fair question,” Sanders said in the video, after recounting the bloody toll the conflict has taken on Palestinians in Gaza.
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