US Senator Bernie Sanders has once again criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Said, under Netanyahu, Israel is becoming a religious fundamentalist country. The veteran politician said this in an interview to a local media.
Last Wednesday (March 27), Bernie Sanders gave in an interview with local media named Crooked Media. He said, many people do not understand that today's Israel is not the Israel of Golda Meir's (Israel's fourth prime minister) time. The Israel of today is not the Israel of 30 years ago.
It is now a right-wing country, increasingly becoming a religious fundamentalist state where the few people who run the government think that God has told them they have the right to control the entire area (Palestine), He added.
While the incumbent Joe Biden administration has been supporting Israel's aggression in the Palestinian Gaza Strip since its inception, Bernie Sanders, known as a left-wing politician, is on the opposite side. He has always been a strong critic of Israel's unjust war and the country's belligerent leader, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Americans don't want to see Palestinian children killed
Last Wednesday (March 27), Bernie Sanders said in a speech to the upper house of Congress, the Senate, that Americans do not want to see the killing of Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip. Regardless of your politics, the American people do not want to be complicit in the killing of small children who are bombed while they sleep.
The veteran politician added, "I don't think the American people want us to continue funding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's brutal war." I think now is the time to listen to our people.
Bernie Sanders also said, "There is a lot of pain in the hearts and souls of the American people." Whether you're a conservative Republican, progressive, or independent, you certainly don't want to see hundreds of thousands of children starve to death while a food truck waits a few miles away.
Criticizing the provision of US military aid to Israel, he said, the people of the country do not want to see a situation where our long-time ally Israel is illegally using US weapons and equipment to prevent the provision of US humanitarian aid.
Bernie Sanders insists that countries that block American humanitarian aid should be cut off from funding. A Gallup poll showed that Americans who supported Israel's invasion of Gaza last October are now angry about Israel's actions.
Netanyahu seems upset
This week, the United States abstained from voting on a proposal for an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian Gaza Strip. Israel expressed disappointment at not vetoing. Not only that, the country's leader Benjamin Netanyahu suspended the visit of two Israeli representatives to Washington. Bernie Sanders harshly criticized Netanyahu after such a move.
Last Monday, Bernie Sanders wrote on his X handle, Netanyahu seemed upset after the vote in the United Nations Security Council. But he was not so upset as to return the $3.3 billion that the US taxpayers had given Israel in aid of the 'immoral war'. The Democratic Party senator also called on Washington to pressure all parties to respect the UN resolution.
