Bernie Sanders Calls On Biden To Block U.S. Funding For Netanyahu’s ‘War Machine’

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday known as on President Joe Biden to disclaim Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extra U.S. funding for his “war machine” except Israel permits for extra humanitarian help to achieve civilians in Gaza.

In an interview with CBS’s “Face The Nation,” Sanders stated the continuing offensive, which has already killed over 31,000 Palestinians and displaced thousands and thousands, in keeping with native officers, can’t be allowed to proceed with the blessing of the U.S.

“We are looking at the possibility of hundreds of thousands of children starving to death,” Sanders stated. “The United States of America cannot be complicit in this mass slaughter of children.”

Health officers in Gaza have stated 20 individuals, together with kids, have died of malnutrition, in keeping with The Associated Press, with many warning the state of affairs is more likely to deteriorate even additional.

Taking a harsher stance towards Netanyahu to stress him to have in mind the struggling of harmless Palestinians, Sanders added, could be each the ethical factor to do and “good politics” for Biden.

“The truth is, whether you’re a conservative Republican or a progressive, you do not want to see children in Palestine starve to death,” Sanders stated.

Meanwhile, Netanyahu is planning to increase his nation’s offensive to the southernmost metropolis of Rafah, the place thousands and thousands of Palestinians have sought refuge in the course of the battle, showing to disregard calls from the U.S. to again away from that plan.

Sanders warned attacking Rafah could be an “unmitigated disaster.”

“My view is, of course, we cannot support an attack of that kind on Rafah,” Sanders instructed CBS’s Margaret Brennan. “Bottom line is, though, Netanyahu has got to be told no more money for his war machine, unless there is humanitarian aid coming in to feed the people.”