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Bernie Sanders: “Netanyahu's right wing extremist government [has] killed…”

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

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Bernie Sanders Discusses US-Israel Relations, Trump Policies, and Democratic Party Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 02:07

That's what he said to be. I am Jewish, all right? I detest anti Semitism and I hope everybody does. It's a horribly destructive ideology. But to be critical of Netanyahu's right wing extremist government [has] killed some 53,000 people in Gaza already, mostly women and children. that is not anti Semitic. That is taking on an extremist, ugly government that is doing terrible things. The Trump administration has also accused Harvard of being anti Semitic and as a result, they're banning them from enrolling foreign students. (02:07–02:18)

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Asserts that Netanyahu's government has killed approximately 53,000 people in Gaza.

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