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Bernie Sanders: “We should not be funding that government [if it stops…”

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

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Bernie Sanders on blocking offensive weapons sales to Israel

Published | Video Starts at 00:42

It happens by American law that if a government stops humanitarian aid from coming in, that's a violation of US Law. We should not be funding that government [if it stops humanitarian aid]. The UN reiterated its deep concern that children in Gaza are starving amid what it described as persistent obstacles to accessing humanitarian aid. (00:42–00:44)

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Asserts that the US should not fund governments that block humanitarian aid.

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