The bar is in hell
I legitimately have no idea how that man keeps going. Pretty sure I would’ve hung my hat up after the first 3 or 4 decades when things kept getting worse.
BREAKING NEWS " Sanders calls genocide a “genocide”
A few years ago he said “Criticizing Israel is not antisemitic” - this REALLY HELPED criticism be heard at all.
Wow, a big step for Sanders. This shows it is becoming more mainstream to acknowledge the genocide. I know it’s common sense for us here, but mainstream acceptance is extremely important here. A long way to go, but this is good news
I saw a horrifying estimate of 680,000 murdered by israel in Gaza. Ten times the official figure. This is almost a third of the pre genocide population. It is a holocaust.
Good for Bernie.
yea its been going on since he was like 7 years old. took long enough to say it out loud.
This
Back then maybe technically it wasn’t a genocide just yet, but I recall watching news on tv as an 8 year old, talking about Israeli soldiers shooting and murdering children because they threw rocks at them.
Nothing was done about it
That was over 40 years ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba
Definitely was a thing then too
If you’re gonna look at a bigger timescale, you’re really asking for a “both sides” argument. Its such a long and complicated conflict.
So did the UN as of two days sgo, for those who missed it. More here: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/israel-has-committed-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds
For the leaders hiding behind the shield of “we don’t know”, well, now we know. Now get off your ass and do what you’re obligated to do.
No centrist will ever call it a genocide, but people are sure angry that a man who introduced multiple bills to cease or condition weapons sales didn’t say the word as soon as they wanted.
These are the same people who called people trumpers when they said that harris should show some daylight between herself and biden’s “whatever netanyahu-senpai wants” policies.
I love Bernie. I think he’s one of the greatest people we have in this world. That being said it’s about goddamn time. He’s been avoiding saying that for a very very very long time.
Because he is or was sponsored by an Israeli party or whatever. He was even pro israel at the start of the genocide.
I’m more concerned about the people who don’t want to condemn genocide than the people who are cautious about using the term.
I’m sure his office is getting some phone calls from some very powerful people today
Hopefully they’ll all be politely refused
Berni called a genocide, a genocide. Shocking.
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