With a New York Times op-ed on November 22nd, Bernie Sanders chimed in with his take on what’s happening in Gaza right now, and what must be done to “balance our desire to stop the fighting with the need to address the roots of the conflict.” It’s worth examining his piece as an example of the liberal-Zionist framework of thought, which begins with the assumption that Zionism is a necessary and virtuous project that "we" must support and that takes priority over everything else in the context, including the lives of Palestinians, and ends—after conjuring a happily-ever-after version of Zionism that pleases the minds and consciences of Western liberals like himself—right where it started.
All of a sudden he is on the scene on this as well as Ukraine. I had an emailed letter from him yesterday, because I was a supporter in the past, and I only got thru the first sentence or two before I became infuriated and unsubscribed from his emails, and when they asked me why, one of the reasons I said was that I have no time for shills. What a disappointment is Bernie”...
All of a sudden he is on the scene on this as well as Ukraine. I had an emailed letter from him yesterday, because I was a supporter in the past, and I only got thru the first sentence or two before I became infuriated and unsubscribed from his emails, and when they asked me why, one of the reasons I said was that I have no time for shills. What a disappointment is Bernie”...