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Opinion What the Vatican’s Invitation to Bernie Sanders Says About Jews
The Vatican may have made a big boo-boo when it invited Bernie Sanders to come to Rome and give a speech on April 15. But, as we’ll see, it may offer some unexpected insight into the current place Jews hold in the world’s imagination. You can understand why they invited him. The event is an…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Supporters Insist He Embodies Their Jewish Values
(JTA) — Phil Aroneanu is a second-generation American Jew whose parents came to America as immigrants seeking refuge from an oppressive Communist regime in Eastern Europe. Aroneanu himself was born in New York City and later moved to Vermont. It’s a biography that to some extent mirrors that of Bernie Sanders. And it’s partly why…
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Fast Forward Frustration at Bernie Sanders on Israel Boils Over Among Some Jewish Backers
It might have been the last place you’d expect anger to erupt against the Bernie Sanders campaign. But at a Jews for Bernie brunch in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood on Sunday, the frustration seemed to boil over when some silver-haired Jewish supporters of Sanders began deriding what they described as the campaign’s lackluster response to perceived…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Doubles Down on ‘Disproportionate’ Critique of Israel
The day after his victory in the Wyoming Democratic caucus, Bernie Sanders doubled down on his assertion that Israel’s response in the 2014 Gaza war was “disproportionate.” “Was Israel’s response disproportionate? I think it was,” Sanders, an Independent senator from Vermont, told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an interview that aired Sunday on “State of the…
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Israel News ADL Slams Sanders for Exaggeraring Palestinian Death Toll in Gaza War
The Anti-Defamation League has called on Sen. Bernie Sanders to publicly correct his statement that “over 10,000 innocent people were killed in Gaza” in the war between Israel and Hamas in 2014. Sanders, I-Vt., a Democratic presidential candidate, made the statement in an with the editorial board of the New York Daily News published Monday….
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News Donald Trump Crushed in Wisconsin — Bernie Sanders Also Wins Big
MILWAUKEE – Republican Ted Cruz scored a decisive victory over Donald Trump in Wisconsin, giving him momentum at a crucial time and putting pressure on the front-running Trump to show he can absorb the shock and bounce back in upcoming primary states. Cruz, a U.S. senator from Texas, dominated the vote in Wisconsin on Tuesday,…
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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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