Bernie Sanders Asked Point Blank: 'Do You Believe In The Notion Of Israel As A Jewish State?'

Speaking to CNN's Dana Bash, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was asked if he believes in Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.

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00:00You have been critical of Benjamin Netanyahu for a very long time, but I want to ask you just about

00:05something that sometimes gets lost, especially right now when this debate is so emotional and

00:09so raw, which is, especially on the left, which is take Netanyahu out of this. Do you believe

00:17in the notion of Israel as a Jewish state? Yeah, I do. For a lot of reasons. But right now,

00:25what Netanyahu has done, what the Israeli government has done, is become almost a pariah state.

00:33And I fear very much that Israel now is looked in very, very unfavorable light by people all

00:40over the world, all over the world, not just in the United States.