• @Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world
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    442 years ago

    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!

    • Annoyed_🦀
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      232 years ago

      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.

      • @Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        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.

      • @lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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        82 years ago

        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.

      • Cethin
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        32 years ago

        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).