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Bernie Sanders: “I led the effort in the United States Senate to end US…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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LIVE: Bernie Discusses the Future of American Politics at the National Press Club

Published | Video Starts at 37:01

… its relationship with Iran and its relationship with Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu in the coming days? I think, and I hope that as most people in this room know, I led the effort in the United States Senate to end US Military aid to Israel. And I think what happened in Gaza is, in fact, and I say this reluctantly, was, is genocide. The suffering the Palestinian people exist today. (37:01–37:07)

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