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A refreshing take for sure, and even though Bernie is Jewish he sees this cruel regime for what it really is. There are no excuses for harming innocent civilians, ever!
A lot of jewish actually call this out as a genocide, its just the world leader playing their politics while the people are getting murdered on the ground.
Yes I'm aware. I also know many Israeli citizens condemn the actions of their government. I just think that as an American Jewish politician, Bernie has an incentive not to criticize the Israeli government but he still does, and that takes some courage.
Jews != Zionists
Problem is, at least where I live, the majority of the Jewish community fervently supports Israel.
There's nuance required there.... because there's a wide gulf between fervently supporting the right of Israel to exist and supporting the actions of their government.
Moreover, the idea that Israel somehow represents Jewish people as a whole is simply Israeli propaganda that promotes Israel's interests at the expense of non-Israeli Jews.
I think it's more pointing out how many politicians (and people in general), especially Republicans, who won't criticize them, and even say criticizing them is anti-semitic. Him being Jewish means he has more cultural connection to them than they do, yet he still points it out. He also can't reliably be called anti-semitic because he is a semite (at least the modern meaning of the word. I'm not sure if he speaks Hebrew or other Semitic languages).
This is exactly what I meant. I have no prejudice against Jewish people whatsoever, I'm simply admiring the balls it takes to be an American Jewish politician and taking a stance against the Israeli government. He's risking losing a part of his supporters but he still stands for what's right.
It's different because it's Israel and Israel has a stranglehold over US politics.
There's no way Bernie doesn't speak Yiddish, I'd wager he spoke Hebrew at one point in his life.
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