Tag: Bernie Sanders

Mark Mellman, president and CEO of Democratic Majority for Israel, calls the senator’s proposed resolutions counterproductive and dangerous.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Americans need to take a “hard look” at whether such weapons sales fuel the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Saeb Erekat, a top Palestinian negotiator, was rushed to a Jerusalem hospital when he faced a COVID-19 respiratory crisis.

He allegedly was part of an incident in 2012 where several staffers at the center’s ThinkProgress website were condemned for using anti-Semitic tropes of Jews dominating politics and money.

Senators Jim Inhofe and Bill Hagerty introduced the amendment to ensure the U.S. Embassy to Israel remains in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.

Bernie Sanders and other progressives want to condition US Military Aid on Israeli policy towards the Palestinian Authority.

The move comes just one day after the congresswoman picked up an endorsement from U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

Phillip Agnew (now Umi Selah) has participated in trips to the disputed territories led by Ahmad Abuznaid, a supporter of the U.S.-designated terrorist group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, to “build real relationships with those on the ground leading the fight for liberation.”

“We don’t want Sanders here at AIPAC, and not in Israel. Anyone who calls the Israeli prime minister a racist is a liar or an ignoramus, or a dangerous combination of the two,” Danon stated.

347 rabbis from across the US rejected Bernie Sanders “outrageous comment accusing AIPAC of fostering bigotry.”

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other members of Congress are scheduled to speak.

"If Israel’s government continues with steps to annex the West Bank, the U.S. should make clear that none of our aid should be used to support annexation," Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told the New York Times in a recent survey of candidates' policy positions.

In a perfect world and on paper the plan is ingenious - but what happens when it meets reality?

“The ADL has failed to call out any form of anti-Semitism that isn’t borne of white supremacy, and their curriculum is more about tolerance and racism in general than it is about the unique history of anti-Semitism,” said Bryan Leib, a board member of Americans Against Anti-Semitism.

“We have a $38 billion commitment over 10 years for military aid to Israel,” said Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), who is the chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. “The Israelis need it for defense.”

Sanders wants to take money we give to Israel to defend itself from terrorists, and give it to Gaza, which is run by terrorists.

The eldest of 14 children, Rashida Tlaib was born to working-class Palestinian immigrants in Detroit, Michigan.

Although it would be wrong to suggest that Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) is the leader of the DSA, he received the group's enthusiastic support during the 2016 primaries, and included its honorary chair, vehement anti-Zionist Cornel West in his platform team at the DNC convention.

'If you or I gave money, weapons or support to al-Qaeda or ISIS, we would be thrown in jail. Why does our government get a free pass on this?'

Some pro-Israel activists recall, with dismay, Ellison's efforts to unseat a pro-Israel New Jersey congressman, Steve Rothman, in 2012.

This week, Ingraham has been twitter-shaming Obama for not intervening to stop the violent protests against the November elections results. "Where is Pres Obama urging calm?" she tweeted on Saturday.

He served as the commander of a joint special operations task unit, commander of a Mark V Special Operations Craft detachment, and commander of an al Qaeda targeting cell.

Wasserman Schultz had a lot to do with quashing Senator Sanders' efforts to turn the DNC platform into an all out attack on the Israeli "occupation."

Jerry Nadler stuck his neck out as the only Jewish Congressman to support Obama's nuclear deal with Iran — which did not earn him the DNC staff's respect.

Day one of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia was all about healing, but the patients in need of therapy seemed to prefer their condition to treatment.

Kaine would be a bonanza to leftwing Israeli Jews, very much like the folks who are currently in the White House.

The grownups have prevailed, apparently, at the 2016 democratic platform committee.

Was Obama good for Muslims? Egypt: 2.5% - V. Good, 14.2% - Good, 38.1% - Mediocre, 24.5% - Bad, 20.7% - V. Bad. Saudi Arabia: 2.6% - V. Good, 17.5% - Good, 36.1% - Mediocre, 23.8% - Bad, 20.1% - V. Bad.

Tovia talks about Bibi's trip to Russia, Bernie Sanders and makes yet another 'confession' on air to Tamar.

Tovia explores Jewish American presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' deep-seated hatred for Israel and laments the absurdity of Israel's so-called friends supporting a blatantly anti-Israel resolution.