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Bernie Sanders to Force Vote on Blocking Bombs for Israel’s Destruction of Gaza (truthout.org)

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Grieving Palestinian Americans are demanding an arms embargo from their lawmakers as Israel escalates its genocide.

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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

But it is what it is, another player in the region reaching for power feeding of people's justified desire for revenge.

Armed struggle for the liberation of a people is not "revenge". This is akin to calling Nelson Mandela a vengeful evil man.

Bernie has compromised on far too much to be compromised with. The fact that he is still supporting Israel to this very day says enough.