'We Are Paying For The Starvation Of Children In Gaza': Bernie Sanders Decries US Aid To Israel

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At a "Fight Oligarchy" event on Saturday in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spoke about taxpayer-funder military assistance provided to Israel from the United States.

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00:00of foreign policy.

00:02I am proud to tell you that I have led the effort in the United States Senate to end

00:07all military aid to the Netanyahu government in Israel.

00:30This is one clear example where Washington is way out of touch with where the American

00:47people are.

00:48This is clearly a moral issue.

00:50I mean, this will be a horror under any circumstances, over 60,000 dead, 140,000 wounded, mostly elderly,

00:58women, children, 18,000 kids are killed, and now, starvation of children?

01:05It is criminal.

01:06Of course it's criminal.

01:07The issue we hear is not only that it is bad, we are paying for the starvation of children

01:14in Gaza.

01:16And I will tell you, this is not what the Democrats want, not what at the base.

01:25Now I've gone all over the country, and the response I get is exactly what I am hearing

01:29from you.

01:30The American people do not want their taxpayer dollars going to starve or bomb children of

01:37schools.

01:44And as a result of grassroots activism, we are beginning, we are beginning to turn the

01:54tide.

01:55A few years ago, people proudly said, oh, I support AIPAC, AIPAC is funding me.

02:01People are not saying that anymore.

02:03You know why?

02:04Because AIPAC is, to a large degree, precisely behind the refusal of the Congress to act morally

02:11and responsibly.

02:14You take a hard look at any candidate who is taking AIPAC money, and you ask them whether

02:19or not they are going to stand with their children in Gaza or with big money interest here in the

02:23United States.

02:24What do we do together?

02:31I'll give back a look at the nextcalled

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