US Senator Bernie Sanders, one of the leading figures on America's progressive left, once again demanded that the Biden administration pressure Israel to declare an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. At the same time, Sanders – a Democratic-aligned independent – called on his supporters to vote for Joe Biden in the next presidential election.
“We must stop feeding the war machine that Netanyahu is using to kill Palestinian children,” the senator from Vermont said this Sunday. Interview For CBS channel.
Along with much of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, Sanders has called on the US president to end military aid to Israel, arguing that Benjamin Netanyahu's government is blocking humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza. This, according to the senator, is a violation of the 1961 Act regulating US international assistance.
On the future of the region, Sanders said that peace between Israel and the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank can only be real if “Hamas stops ruling Gaza and Netanyahu can't continue to rule Israel.”
Threatening to boycott the next US presidential election It was done by other people from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party Those unhappy with the Biden administration's stance on the situation in Gaza — particularly leaders of Michigan's Arab-American and Muslim communities — were criticized by Sanders.
According to the Vermont senator, what's at stake in the November election — which should again be a showdown between Joe Biden and Donald Trump — is that the way America manages its policy toward Israel is critical.
“If you believe that climate change is real, you should vote for Biden; if you believe that women have the right to control their own bodies, you should vote for Biden; if you believe in democracy, and if you believe in involving more people in democracy. Instead of wanting to prevent people from voting, the process, They should vote for Biden,” Sanders said.
“The election of Trump would be catastrophic for this country and the world,” the senator said in an interview this Sunday. “We must unite and re-elect Biden, but at the same time, demand a progressive plan with an economy that works for everyone, not just the few.”
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