Sanders accuses Israel of 'disproportionate' response in Gaza

[Morphine Prince 109,647]

Washington (CNN) - Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders -- the first Jewish candidate to win a presidential nominating contest -- believes Israel's response in the 2014 Gaza war was "disproportionate."

"Was Israel's response disproportionate? I think it was," he told CNN's Jake Tapper in an interview that aired Sunday on "State of the Union."

"Israel has a 100% -- and no one will fight for that principle more strongly than I will -- has the right to live in freedom, independently and in security without having to be subjected to terrorist attacks," he said. "But I think that we will not succeed to ever bring peace into that region unless we also treat the Palestinians with dignity and respect, and that is my view."

"It is interesting ... that the first Jew in American history to win a delegate, much less a primary, is taking this position with Israel," Tapper told Sanders. "Usually in American politics, everyone just supports Israel whatever Israel wants to do, but you are taking a more critical position."

"I'm taking a more balanced position," Sanders replied.

He added: "Whether you're Jewish or not Jewish, I would hope that every person in this country wants to see the misery of never-ending war and conflict ended in the Middle East. It's a difficult issue and good people have tried to deal with it for years."

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/10/politics/bernie-sanders-israel-gaza/index.html

 

[PartySick 172,415]

He's right  both sides should chill out 'cause flinging bullets, thrusting knives, dropping bombs, that doesn't get you anything other than a pile of corpses, some rubble, and even more violence in response.

[Ethereal Mess 603]

Achieving peace is impossible unless Israel puts an end to its belligerence towards Palestinians and refrains from treating them like prisoners... 

[brizoda 4,176]

there is have to be a really interest to resolve the palestinian statehood

[Born To Slay 10,996]

I'm really happy Bernie won't sell out on this. I'm sick of no one giving a **** about Palestine.

[River 127,321]

The truth is: the politicians from both sides loves this conflict..

The conflict=money and power.

While Palestinians are dying you see their politicians living a very good life..

Same with Israelis, but less.. they are just a human shield that protect Netanyahu and his extremist friends from losing their power and richness...

Sadly, USA is not really helping to solve this because the conflict is good for them too.

Sanders will do nothing to end it, no one will allow him to do any action behind the scene, trust me.

 

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

14 minutes ago, River said:

Sanders will do nothing to end it, no one will allow him to do any action behind the scene, trust me.

Well that's not really true. He can adopt different foreign policy measures, but I agree that he may be oversimplifying the situation, as if he's the only that has the answer that nobody else has been able to find.

Yet another "That's great Bernie but how?" feeling I'm getting whenever he promises something as important and complex as this.

[River 127,321]

Just now, LebaneseDude said:

Well he can adopt different foreign policy measures, but I agree that the USA is far too entrenched with Israel's welfare at this point.

Yes of course he can do that, the question is if it's going to help or change something..

USA needs to stop acting like the cool uncle and start to slap Israel in the face, a wake up call is more than necessary, it's a must at this point.

 

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

Just now, River said:

Yes of course he can do that, the question is if it's going to help or change something..

USA needs to stop acting like the cool uncle and start to slap Israel in the face, a wake up call is more than necessary, it's a must at this point.

 

I agree 100000%.

It's just not that simple. The USA is far too entrenched with Israel, and there are forces at play there that prevent them from taking a harsher stance.

[Katharine Hepburn 4,607]

The US is friends with Israel so this won't go over well even though he is right

[Dolev 867]

Funny I haven't seen any of you reporting Sanders' ridicolously ignorant accusation of Israel killing over 10,000 Palestinians in 2014. He better educate himself 

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

13 minutes ago, Dolev said:

Funny I haven't seen any of you reporting Sanders' ridicolously ignorant accusation of Israel killing over 10,000 Palestinians in 2014. He better educate himself 

I'm trying to be less aggro against Sanders  

[Morphine Prince 109,647]

17 minutes ago, Dolev said:

Funny I haven't seen any of you reporting Sanders' ridicolously ignorant accusation of Israel killing over 10,000 Palestinians in 2014. He better educate himself 

Funny, it's included in the article in the OP:

Tapper asked Sanders about an interview he gave to the New York Daily News earlier this month in which the Vermont senator said his recollection was that more than 10,000 innocent people were killed in the conflict. Sanders told Tapper that he wasn't sure what the death toll was, and when a Daily News editor clarified it to him, he accepted it.

But the claim attracted the attention of the Anti-Defamation League, whose CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, released a statement on Thursday saying he had spoken with Sanders and that the senator had clarified that his recollection was "inaccurate."

"As you know, the number was much lower," Tapper said.

"Yes," Sanders said.

[Dolev 867]

17 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

Funny, it's included in the article in the OP:

Tapper asked Sanders about an interview he gave to the New York Daily News earlier this month in which the Vermont senator said his recollection was that more than 10,000 innocent people were killed in the conflict. Sanders told Tapper that he wasn't sure what the death toll was, and when a Daily News editor clarified it to him, he accepted it.

But the claim attracted the attention of the Anti-Defamation League, whose CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, released a statement on Thursday saying he had spoken with Sanders and that the senator had clarified that his recollection was "inaccurate."

"As you know, the number was much lower," Tapper said.

"Yes," Sanders said.

Well I guess you thought its not important enough to be included in the post itself aswell.  on topic, this is extremelly worrying that it is coming from someone who's aiming to be world's most powerfull human

[Morphine Prince 109,647]

1 minute ago, Dolev said:

Well I guess you thought its not important enough to be included in the post itself aswell.  on topic, this is extremelly worrying that it is coming from someone who's aiming to be world's most powerfull human

We aren't supposed to copy and paste entire articles so I posted what was more relevant to the headline.