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Bernie is one of the best communicators in the Democratic Party and it's not like he's setting the bar that high!
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He was pretty slow off the mark in this one.
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Yes. But if the goal is to get Congress to condition military aid to Israel, I'm glad he's here now.
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Yeah I agree. I’m just ashamed how long it took many supposed human rights advocates to see the light.
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The Oct 7 attack was so horrific and unprecedented that there was a sense that Israel needed every bit of support it could get. And this is with yrs of reflexive support before this. It has taken time for people to come round to the idea that the response has been just as horrific and unprecedented
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Yes I know. Which means those people have probably been minimizing the daily oppression of the palestians by the Israelis in the months and years up to Oct 7th
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I forget; how much aid is Egypt letting in?
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He was slow to take action but he's been an absolute dead-on leader on this and better at communicating it than most. And it's falling on death ears in the administration.
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7 mos before 10/7: "Will those in positions of power take the signs seriously and stipulate the consequences of engaging in such heinous behavior, if Israeli officials consider this option?" - Michael Barnett Is Israel on the Precipice of Genocide? politicalviolenceataglance.org/2023/03/06/i...
Is Israel on the Precipice of Genocide? - Political Violence at a Glancepoliticalviolenceataglance.org By Michael Barnett At a conference hosted by Haaretz on Wednesday, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that…