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Bernie Sanders: “Israel imposed a blockade of food, water, fuel and medicine…”

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

We must block arms sales to Israel

Published April 15, 2026 | Video Starts at 02:08

Most kids in Gaza now are not in school. More than 1700 health care workers, doctors, nurses, paramedics have been killed and 94% of the hospitals destroyed. In addition, Israel imposed a blockade of food, water, fuel and medicine so total and so deliberate that it produced mass malnutrition. In fact, hundreds of people in Gaza actually starved to death. But it's not only in Gaza. (02:08–02:19)

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Asserts that Israel's blockade has caused mass malnutrition in Gaza.

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