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Bernie Sanders: “Water systems and wastewater plants have been destroyed.”

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

Senate Address on U.S. Arms Sales to Israel and Gaza Crisis

Published April 2, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:17

Decimated it. Over 90% of the housing has been damaged or destroyed. Hundreds of schools have been bombed. Every university has been bombed. The entire healthcare system has been virtually annihilated. Water systems and wastewater plants have been destroyed. And on top of all of that destruction over the last several weeks, Netanyahu has ordered a total blockade. And you know what that means. (01:17–01:22)

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Asserts that water systems and wastewater plants in Gaza have been destroyed.

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