Bernie Sanders Calls For An End To All U.S. Military Aid To Israel

It's about time we started having this conversation

1. Let’s talk about exactly what Bernie said

2. Why this is important

3. My feelings on Israel

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For years, many critics of Senator Bernie Sanders have leveled criticisms at him for not referring to Israel’s actions in Gaza, as a “genocide”.

Bernie Sanders is a Jewish man, who had family that died in the Holocaust, so using the word “genocide”, was something he didn’t feel comfortable doing in throughout the year of 2024. While the world was witnessing the horrors of the daily videos coming out of Gaza.

I have to confess, I too lost faith in Bernie during that time. It has been abundantly clear since October 2023, that war crimes were being committed in Gaza. Under the Leahy Law here in America, we are not supposed to be sending weapons to ANY NATION that violates international law.

That’s law has been ignored by both President Biden & Trump, while your taxpayer money has been siphoned, to send bombs to Israel.

More recently, the Senator has not only changed his original position, and now refers to the actions of the Israeli Government in Gaza as a genocide, but he has also called for an end to military aid to Israel.

This conversation has been escalating recently, with now many Democratic members of Congress calling for restrictions to Israeli aid.

Whether this is from the Democrats finally growing a spine, or realizing that approximately 80% of the Democratic electorate has a negative view of Israel, isn’t particular relevant to me, I’m just glad that it’s finally happening.

Unfortunately, 7 Democrats in the Senate seem to still be in favor of sending bombs to Israel. That’s a story we covered last week. In case you missed it, here is the post below:

Let me be clear about something - this has been a MASSIVE big deal. Seeing the Democratic Party start to shift away from Israel is huge & I hope to see the trend continue.

Even more centrist figures like Rahm Emanuel, has recently joined the call to stop sending aid to Israel.

Taken from The Times Of Israel

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My Opinion On Israel

For those who are either newer to the newsletter, or just haven’t read my opinions on Israel in the past, I would like to take a moment to express them.

Prior to October 7th, Israel/Palestine was a subject I always stayed away from with my work on Independent Thought. Truthfully, the subject always intimidated me & I felt apprehensive about speaking on the subject. Reflecting on that, allowed me to realize that it had always appeared as a “controversial” issue from the outside, I had convinced myself it would probably be too complicated to understand.

At the time of October 7th, I was doing a YouTube show called “The Left Wing”, & I knew my cohosts would want to talk about what was happening. It felt like I was finally being forced to learn about the subject I had avoided for years.

Within 1 day, yes, 1 day…it was VERY clear who were the oppressed & who were the oppressors in this dynamic. Learning about the Nakba, about the living conditions the Palestinian people had to endure, different sets of laws, constantly having their land taken - Gaza was referred to by many as the “largest open-air prison on the planet”.

The stories were horrifying. I could not believe I went 33 years into my life without knowing ANY of this.

And obviously, everything that has followed since October 2023, has been on display for the entire world to see.

Israel tries to justify their violence, because of the vicious attacks by Hamas on October 7th.

I, in no way, will ever justify the killing of innocent civilians. And if the Israeli military was just going after Hamas, this would’ve always been a different story. Yet that isn’t what has happened.

Collective punishment is a violation of international law for a reason. It states that you cannot go after a population of people, for the crimes of a group amongst them.

That’s exactly what Israel has done.

They’ve leveled Gaza. It looks like a demolition site. And its people have had to live in terror, every moment of every day, for 2 1/2 years now.

Yes, all aid to Israel should be cut off. They are a rogue state, that routinely violates international law, and murders people everyday.

I will never support my tax money going to their regime of terror, and I will not support a politician who advocates for them to receive our money either.

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Until next time,

Desmond