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Bernie Sanders: “Studies show 90% of victims of explosive weapons in…”

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

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Senate Speech on U.S. Complicity in Gaza Conflict and Arms Sales to Israel

Published | Video Starts at 18:14

Israel has bombed indiscriminately, killing civilians, journalists, whole lot of journalists have been killed, paramedics, children and humanitarian workers. In record numbers. They have used massive 2,000 pound bombs in densely populated Gaza, despite the fact that Studies show 90% of victims of explosive weapons in populated areas are civilians. These bombs have a blast radius of more than 350 meters, yet Israel has dropped them into crowded apartment buildings, killing hundreds of civilians to take out a handful of Hamas fighters. (18:14–18:31)

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Asserts that studies indicate 90% of victims of explosive weapons in populated areas are civilians.

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