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German Social Democrat Leader Boycotts Bernie Over Palestine (jacobin.com)

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German Social Democratic Party leader Saskia Esken has boycotted a Bernie Sanders event over his supposedly anti-Israel statements. Bernie’s statement? “The targeting of civilians is a war crime, no matter who does it.”

ED: A recent episode with a popular German political podcaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t01qZutfh4M

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[–] dpkonofa 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No way, dude… have you seen the Onion this week? They are killing it and should be accused of war crimes any minute now.

[–] EmpathicVagrant 2 points 1 year ago

Oh they can’t possibly be. They sided with Israel - because it’s politically safer