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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It would work. Senator Sanders forced a vote to require the State department to report on Israel's humanitarian violations or immediately withhold aid, and the Senate quickly voted 72-11 against the proposal. That is probably the most bi-partisan vote we've seen in decades. But don't go thinking that the enormous American political machine actually represents the will of the American people. They represent corporate interests, and hardly even try to hide that anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Did anyone call Sanders anti-semitic?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Yes, a number of users on Lemmy have made that claim, and this article shows references of it being done by various media outlets and other political pundits.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sanders is Jewish.... I guess that wouldn't stop people from throwing baseless accusations around.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wait till you get a load of this:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/19/jewish-protest-israel-gaza-washington-dc

David Friedman, the conservative former US ambassador to Israel during Donald Trump’s presidency, went further, tweeting before Monday’s protest: “Any American Jew attending this rally is not a Jew – yes I said it!”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That's par for the course for the GOP. Toe the line or you're not whatever we say you're not (republican/American/and apparently now Jewish too).