Sanders calls Gaza War a genocide for first time | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Israel News
Sanders, who is Jewish and had previously refrained from saying that Israel was committing a genocide against the Palestinians, called the Gaza War “a genocide”.
US SENATOR Bernie Sanders speaks at a May Day rally in Philadelphia earlier this month. In a Senate committee meeting, Sanders said: ‘We can agree that antisemitism is unacceptable in all forms, but some of us happen to believe that the response of the Netanyahu government to the Hamas attack is al(photo credit: SARAH SILBIGER/REUTERS)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IDAN KWELLERSEPTEMBER 18, 2025 00:54Updated: SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 00:55