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‘It is genocide,’ Bernie Sanders says about Gaza, becoming the first US senator to do so

JL;DR SUMMARY Senator Bernie Sanders has become the first U.S. senator to label Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide, a term previously used only by certain progressive and conservative members of Congress. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustGazaNetanyahuPalestinian ConflictProgressive PoliticsInternational LawGenocideBernie SandersCongress

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Vermont, United States
"The essay came the same day that another Jewish member of Vermonts delegation in Congress, Rep. Becca Balint, published her own op-ed calling Israels war in Gaza a genocide."
Israel
"Bernie Sanders has become the first U.S. senator to label Israels conduct in Gaza as a genocide, in an essay posted Wednesday to his Senate website."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Bernie Sanders has become the first U.S. senator to label Israels conduct in Gaza as a genocide, in an essay posted Wednesday to his Senate website."

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