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Bernie Sanders: “In Lebanon, more than 1,000 people are dead and more than 1…”

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

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Full Bernie Sanders speech at No Kings protest blasts Donald Trump, Iran war and affordability

Published | Video Starts at 20:06

Since this war began, 13American soldiers have been killed and hundreds have been wounded, including another 12 yesterday in Iran, nearly 2,000 civilians have been killed and many more wounded. And 498 schools have been bombed by American and Israeli missiles. In Lebanon, more than 1,000 people are dead and more than 1 million Lebanese people, 15% of their population, have been displaced from their homes. In Israel, 20 people have been killed and over 5,000 wounded. In the West Bank, Israeli vigilantes are burning down homes and killing Palestinians. (20:06–20:22)

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Asserts that over 1,000 Lebanese are dead and over 1 million displaced.

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