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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Warns Israel To Curb Occupation and Stop ‘Indiscriminate’ Attacks on Palestinians
Bernie Sanders says he is an ardent supporter of Israel but if he becomes President of the United States, he would demand the Jewish state stop the expansion of settlements in the West Bank, halt “indiscriminate” attacks on Palestinian civilians — and strive for peace. Sanders’ remarks came in a wide-ranging talk with the pro-Israel…
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Fast Forward House Probes Alan Grayson Amid Liberal Lawmaker’s Florida Senate Push
WASHINGTON – The ethics committee of the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday it would continue to investigate possible conflicts of interest by Representative Alan Grayson, a Florida Democrat and liberal firebrand running for the Senate seat soon to be vacated by Marco Rubio. The possible conflicts of interest relate to Grayson’s roles as…
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Fast Forward Clinton, Sanders To Debate In Brooklyn Ahead of New York Primary
Hillary Clinton has agreed to a face-off with Bernie Sanders in Brooklyn after the Vermont senator accused her of being a debate dodger. The two will meet in New York’s most populous borough in the Brooklyn Navy Yards on April 14, five days before the Democratic primary. It will air on CNN and local cable…
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Opinion Ghost of Golda Meir Looms Large Over Wisconsin Primary — and Joe McCarthy’s Too
A victory in Tuesday’s Wisconsin primaries is crucial for candidate Bernie Sanders politically, but it would also be poetic justice, historically, for the veteran Jewish socialist. Wisconsin has an illustrious socialist past, including the election of three mayors in Milwaukee as well as the first socialist member of Congress, Victor Berger, an Austrian born Jew….
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Opinion How Bernie Sanders Reveals Our Own Jewish Identity Anxiety
This election cycle, a curious side-story has developed around the question of Bernie Sanders’s Jewish identity. What of Jew is he? What’s he like at Kiddush? What’d he do at that kibbutz? Why doesn’t he talk more about being Jewish? Why doesn’t he talk more about Yiddish socialism? Should we force him to be more…
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Opinion How an Anti-Zionist’s Embrace of Bernie Was a Gift to Bibi — and Hillary
In a certain sense, the cover story of this week’s Village Voice, titled “The Heretic” (subheading: “In a Zionist Age, the Bern Kicks It Old Shul”), represents a milestone victory for Benjamin Netanyahu. It’s also, to a lesser degree, a gift to Hillary Clinton. For the Israeli leader, the article represents a wholehearted embrace, in…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Walks Back Comparison of Donald Trump to Hitler
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders asserted in an interview that he did not compare Donald Trump to Hitler when he warned of a “lunatic …. stirring up racial hatred” during a campaign rally over the weekend in Wisconsin. “No, I did not compare Trump to Hitler,” Sanders told George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s This Week. “But…
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Fast Forward Why Bernie Sanders’s Social Media Guru Tweets With Brooklyn Accent
Last August, Bernie Sanders sat on a Craigslist-bought beige couch in his Washington office plotting to steal the social media spotlight from 10 Republicans taking the stage for the first televised debate of the 2016 presidential campaign. Next to the Democratic presidential candidate, 74, sat 27-year-old Hector Sigala, his digital media director. For the next…
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