Bernie Sanders: “Israel had a right to defend itself, but it does not have…”

“No. Did it have a right to injure 112,000 people, to destroy almost every housing unit in Gaza? To bomb hundreds of schools at every university in Gaza? No. Israel had a right to defend itself, but it does not have the right to engage in ethnic cleansing and to starve children.” (22:37–22:46)

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