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‘End our Complicity’ – Sanders Aims to Block $8.8 billion in US Arms Sales to Israel
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The senator’s announcement marks the second time that he will seek to halt arms sales to Israel using a resolution of disapproval. US Senator Bernie Sanders announced on Thursday that […]

Sanders Condemns Netanyahu’s ‘Total War’, Defends Israel’s ‘Response’ to Hamas
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Vermont Senator accused Netanyahu’s government of waging a “total war against the Palestinian people” but defended Israel’s right to respond to Hamas’ “attack”. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders slammed on […]

‘A War Criminal’ – Sanders Slams US Congress Invitation to Netanyahu
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. He should not be invited to address a joint meeting of Congress. I certainly will not attend.” US Senator Bernie Sanders has said it […]

Voiceless ‘Squad’ – US Progressive Representatives Have Failed Gaza
By Robert Inlakesh Although Sanders appeared to have been sporting a more radical stance, by including the word ceasefire, his position of a more humane style of war in Gaza is now the same rhetoric […]

‘Word Genocide Makes Me Queasy’ – Sanders Slammed in Ireland for Gaza Stance (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Pro-Palestinian activists on Thursday disrupted an event in University College Dublin (UCD) featuring Bernie Sanders, accusing him of being a ‘genocide denier.’ The 83-year-old former US Presidential candidate is currently […]

US Senate Rejects Attempt to Bind Israeli Military Aid to Human Rights
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Sanders lamented what he described as the Senate’s failure to consider any measure looking at the war’s effect on civilians. US senators have rejected a resolution, introduced by Bernie Sanders, […]

Bernie Sanders Calls for Cutting US Funds to Israel over ‘Racist’ Moves
US Senator Bernie Sanders said he is embarrassed by the new far-right Israeli government’s extremist moves to hamstring the judiciary and to steal more Palestinian land for Jewish settlements. During an interview on CBS News’ […]

US Senator Sanders: “Israeli Attack on Abu Akleh’s Funeral is Outrageous”
US Senator Bernie Sanders strongly condemned in a tweet on Friday the attack on the funeral of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh carried out by Israeli forces, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Abu Akleh […]

Israel, Palestine and ‘Selective Antisemitism’
By Paul Salvatori The pro-Israel lobby is not genuinely concerned about antisemitism. If it were, the lobby would also be defending Jews who are expressly pro-Palestinian and, on the same basis, attacked as a […]

Sanders Demands $1bn in Gaza Aid in Exchange for ‘Yes’ Vote on Iron Dome Funding
US Senator Bernie Sanders said that he would back additional funding for Israel’s Iron Dome but that he also demanded the same $1 billion aid commitment for Gaza, as a necessary counterweight to the US’ overwhelming military […]

How the United States Helps To Kill Palestinians
By Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J.S. Davies The US corporate media usually report on Israeli military assaults in occupied Palestine as if the United States is an innocent neutral party to the conflict. In fact, […]

US Lawmakers Condemn Israel’s Aggression on Gaza
US lawmakers tweeted yesterday against Israel’s ongoing aggression on Gaza, including an airstrike that completely destroyed and leveled to the ground the Al-Jalaa Tower which housed international media offices, including the office of the Al […]

Bottom-up Politics: Grassroots Activism Behind Pro-Palestine Shift in the US
By Ramzy Baroud At a recent virtual J Street Conference, US Senators, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren broke yet another political taboo when they expressed willingness to leverage US military aid as a way […]

US Senators Sanders, Warren: Washington Should Consider Regulating Military Aid to Israel
US senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren yesterday said that the United States should consider regulating military aid to Israel. This came during told a virtual meeting with the US left-wing Jewish advocacy group, J […]

US Senator Sanders Blasts Israel for Sending COVID-19 Vaccines to Allies while ‘Palestinians are still Waiting’
US Senator Bernie Sanders has lashed out at Tel Aviv for sending surplus coronavirus vaccines to friendly nations overseas instead of giving them to Palestinians, saying it must do so as an “occupying power.” “As […]

At Global Day of Action, Rep. Khanna Renews Support for War Powers Resolution to End War in Yemen
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) renewed on Monday his support for introducing a War Powers Resolution with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) aimed at stopping the war in Yemen. The bombings in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia […]

A Lesson Coronavirus is about to Teach the World
By Jonathan Cook If a disease can teach wisdom beyond our understanding of how precarious and precious life is, the coronavirus has offered two lessons. The first is that in a globalized world our lives […]

How ‘Bernie Bros’ Were Invented, then Smeared as Sexist, Racist and UnAmerican as Borscht
By Jonathan Cook The Democratic presidential nomination race is a fascinating case study in how power works – not least, because the Democratic party leaders are visibly contriving to impose one candidate, Joe Biden, as […]

Sanders May Relocate US Embassy to Tel Aviv if Elected (VIDEO)
US Senator Bernie Sanders, who is currently leading in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, said he would consider moving the US embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv if elected president. Sanders’s comments […]

Sanders to Skip AIPAC Conference on Political Reasons
United States Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announced Sunday that he would not attend the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference this year, marking his stance against the pro-Israel lobby in Washington. Two days […]

On Dignity, Respect and Being ‘Pro-Israel’: What Sanders Actually Said about Palestine
By Palestine Chronicle Staff US Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders, who has just won the Nevada Democratic primary and is projected to maintain his strong showing in the coming weeks, has adopted a […]

Sanders: ‘We Cannot Ignore the Needs of the Palestinian People’ (VIDEO)
US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said support for Israel was possible without backing its “racist” government, and the needs of Palestinians must not be ignored. In a Town Hall meeting hosted by US news channel CNN, […]

Pro-Israel Group AIPAC is ‘Helping Fund’ Anti-Sanders Ad Campaigns (VIDEO)
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is reportedly helping to fund advertisements attacking Senator Bernie Sanders in Nevada. Pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC is encouraging its members to donate to a Super PAC, launching an anti-Sanders campaign […]

Founding Fathers’ Worst Nightmare: How Israel Normalized Foreign Meddling in US Elections
By Jamal Kanj In his 1787 farewell speech, George Washington warned, “… foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.” Washington’s compatriots were more specific. Later in the same year, John […]

Palestine: 2019 in Review, Speculations on 2020
By Benay Blend To mark the end of the decade much has been written to sum up Palestine’s past year in review. Much of the news was not good, and as Ramzy Baroud notes in […]

If Not Now, then When? And if Not 2020 Presidential Candidates, then Who?
By Benay Blend In the months leading up to the 2020 elections, some frontrunners are placing the mention of Palestine on the table. This has been partly because groups like IfNotNow have entered the political […]

Several Democratic Presidential Candidates to Boycott AIPAC
Several Democratic presidential candidates will skip the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s policy conference this year after a leading advocacy group called on them to boycott the event. MoveOn, a prominent progressive group with millions […]

Bernie Sanders Posts Video Citing ‘Apartheid-Like’ Conditions in Palestine (VIDEO)
Bernie Sanders, who has announced his intention to run in the Democratic primaries ahead of the 2020 presidential election, posted a campaign video featuring a supporter praising him for his condemnation of the “apartheid-like” conditions imposed on […]

Sanders Backs Omar, Fears Attack Is Effort to Shut Down Debate on Israel
Bernie Sanders and other Democrat presidential candidates have spoken out in support of Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar following her comments on the Israel lobby. Sanders expressed his fears, in a statement, that the house resolution brought against […]

Israeli Lobby Fakes Campus Anti-Semitism (VIDEOS)
Details of how pro-Israeli lobby groups have fabricated accusations of anti-Semitism on US college campuses in order to incite official crackdowns against Palestine solidarity activism were revealed earlier in the week during a political talk […]