Kudos to Bernie Sanders, keep it up
Senator Bernie Sanders decries influence of pro-Israel lobby groups on US politics
Sanders has slammed “lobbying groups like AIPAC [the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee] and Christians United for Israel [CUFI]” for using their considerable financial resources to advance “unquestioning support for Israel’s right-wing government”.
In remarks to a US think tank on Tuesday, Sanders said that AIPAC is expected to spend about $100m in a push to remove progressive candidates who have spoken in favour of Palestinian rights during the upcoming election cycle. “The message was clear: if you criticize Netanyahu, you will be targeted,” Sanders said, linking the influence of lobbying groups that promote the interests of governments such as Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the larger issue of the role that money plays in US politics.
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