Sanders On Netanyahu’s Cruel War: “United States…Deeply Complicit In What Is Happening In Gaza”

By Senator Bernie Sanders Photos: YouTube Screenshots The following speech (delivered by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in the U.S. Senate) explains why he voted against an aid bill that would send $10 billion to the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu who is engaging in the ethnic cleansing genocide of Palestinian civilians. Mr. President, I’d like to take a few minutes to discuss a matter of enormous consequence that is not being adequately covered in the mainstream media nor here in the Senate. And that is that right now, today, in Gaza, we are witnessing one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern history. It is unfolding before our very eyes and we must not run away from that reality. And I am very sorry to say but we in the United States are deeply complicit in what is happening in Gaza. What we do in Congress right now could well determine whether tens of thousands of people live or die. Let us very briefly review what has happened in the last four months. On October 7th, Hamas launched a horrific terrorist attack that killed 1,200 innocent Israelis and took more than 230 hostages and more than 100 of those hostages...