It’s certainly his biggest weakness and blindspot. He’s Jewish and has always been a liberal zionist. This isn’t to excuse the bad position, but the genocide really puts it into sharp contrast.
And I haven’t even addressed the “liberal” claim, which is absolutely laughable. Sanders has been a socialist since the 70’s. I understand that he looks further left from a US perspective than a global one, but the only people who would call him a “liberal” are the far-right US idiots who don’t know what that word means.
I very specifically mean he is a “liberal zionist” as a complete thought. Obviously being Jewish and a Zionist are different concepts, but there’s obviously overlap. He does want to continue the ethnostate as a way to protect jews after the holocaust, just less violently with more civil rights.
In general I agree he is a socialist with some liberal tendencies likely as an outcome of being a US politician.
It’s certainly his biggest weakness and blindspot. He’s Jewish and has always been a liberal zionist. This isn’t to excuse the bad position, but the genocide really puts it into sharp contrast.
A quick search will reveal that Sanders has been critical of Israel’s actions in Palestine since at least 2014 but okay.
You can be a critic of Israel and still be a zionist. That’s kind of exactly what a liberal zionist is.
You can also be Jewish without being Zionist.
And I haven’t even addressed the “liberal” claim, which is absolutely laughable. Sanders has been a socialist since the 70’s. I understand that he looks further left from a US perspective than a global one, but the only people who would call him a “liberal” are the far-right US idiots who don’t know what that word means.
I very specifically mean he is a “liberal zionist” as a complete thought. Obviously being Jewish and a Zionist are different concepts, but there’s obviously overlap. He does want to continue the ethnostate as a way to protect jews after the holocaust, just less violently with more civil rights.
In general I agree he is a socialist with some liberal tendencies likely as an outcome of being a US politician.