Tag: Bernie Sanders
Sanders picks former Obama official as liaison to Jewish community
The Democratic presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) named Joel Rubin, a former Obama official, as its liaison to Jewish community.
JTA first reported the appointment on Friday.
“It’s really exciting because Bernie is building a movement...
Don’t let Bernie Sanders get away with redefining ‘pro-Israel’
Linda Sarsour did it again. The Palestinian-American BDS activist/anti-Trump “resistance” activist spoke at a conference of American Muslims for Palestine and let loose with another rhetorical missile at the Jews. In a speech aimed...
Sanders, Warren misrepresent Gaza situation
The numbers kept expanding. One day 150 rocket attacks. Then 250. Finally upwards of 400.
As the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported, two Israelis were struck by shrapnel last week. Two dozen were injured simply running...
In fifth Democratic debate, Sanders says Palestinians should be treated with ‘respect, dignity’
In the fifth Democratic presidential primary debate on Wednesday night in Atlanta, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) remarked that Palestinians should be treated with “respect and dignity.”
“It is no longer good enough for us simply to be...
UN ambassador Danon slams Sanders over remarks on annual assistance to Israel
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon slammed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, on Sunday for saying recently that a portion of the U.S. military assistance to...
Socialism becomes the anti-Semitism of the enlightened
What is old is sometimes new again. In recent years, socialism—the ideology that gave birth to some of the worst horrors of the 20th and bloodiest century of the Common Era—is back. Only 30...
Bernie Sanders: ‘It’s not anti-Semitic to criticize Israel’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, said that “it is not anti-Semitic to criticize the policies of the Israeli government,” adding on to his prior stance that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Jewish organizations ‘deeply troubled’ by Democrats’ talk of leveraging US aid to Israel
The Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, an umbrella group of 50 Jewish organizations, released a statement on Nov. 1 condemning the Democratic presidential candidates saying that aid to Israel should be used as leverage...
Bernie’s Gaza aid farce exposes J Street’s false front
The still-crowded 2020 Democratic presidential field proved to be a godsend for the left-wing J Street lobby. It gained attention for its annual conference this week due to the presence of five presidential candidates....
Haley: Sanders’s vow to divert US aid money from Israel to Gaza is ‘unreal’
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley criticized Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday for proposing to divert some of the United States’ military aid to Israel towards humanitarian relief in the...