Although Sanders rarely mentions his Jewish identity – he sometimes tells audiences he is of Polish descent – it would be embarrassing for him to lose their votes, since he is the first Jew in the United States running for the Democratic presidential nomination. Zimmerman has been involved in left-wing activism around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for years, supporting positions such as the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel that mainstream Jewish organizations strongly oppose.
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But Sanders is a secular Jew, not an observant one, and he does not immerse himself in the Jewish community.
Sanders is up against a powerful voice.
It added that most of those Palestinians imprisoned in Israel face discrimination and harsh conditions and torture.
The linked report, written by Noah Pollak of The Emergency Committee for Israel, contains screenshots of Zimmerman’s Facebook account, where she published a note critical of Netanyahu and his administration’s decision to prolong the State of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. “And now he’s a politician in Israel”.
Because journalism. Ben Murane is with the New Israel Fund which funnels money to assorted vile anti-Israel groups dedicated to the destruction of the Jewish State. Israel says most of the dead were attackers, with the rest killed in clashes with troops. I have family in Israel. The problem is attacks on human rights defenders by extremists and the state.
Nevertheless, Dershowitz does not think Sanders is anti-Israel. None of these policies are moral, and none of these policies make Jews safer … But Sanders was being interviewed in NY, where the slightest slip means trouble. Does that sound right?…
Sanders also falsely claimed that Israel indiscriminately leveled hospitals and apartment buildings. “I believe it was”.
As he later admitted, Sanders got the numbers wrong.
Most of the Palestinians killed were carrying out knife, gun or car-ramming attacks, according to Israeli authorities. The deaths of the women and children were indiscriminate and inhumane.
The new plans would bring the total to at least 903.
Clinton characterized Israel as being more of the victim.
An Israeli soldier caught on video fatally shooting a Palestinian in the head will be charged with manslaughter, prosecutors announced Thursday in a case that has sparked national outrage and support for the soldier. Nor has he pledged to ensure Israel’s military edge.
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Simone Zimmerman, reportedly wrote a post on her Facebook page about Netanyahu which also included a number of obscenities, said the New York Times. “We don’t want (soldiers) to feel that they can’t do anything in their own defense, that while they’re out in the field protecting us, they should be anxious about political correctness”.
