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German Social Democratic Party leader Saskia Esken has boycotted a Bernie Sanders event over his supposedly anti-Israel statements. Bernie’s statement? “The targeting of civilians is a war crime, no matter who does it.”

ED: A recent episode with a popular German political podcaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t01qZutfh4M

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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 163 points 2 years ago

Fucking virtue signaling for team Israel.
It is OK to criticize or express caution about Israeli policies and government. That is NOT antisemitism.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 78 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lol I just can’t with these people going after Sanders, who is Jewish

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

He's the wrong kind of Jew.

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They want the placid, malleable kind of jew, not one who has his own opinions.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

They want Zionists, if you aren't a Zionist Jew, what good are you?

[–] Suoko@feddit.it 8 points 2 years ago

He represents 17% of the Jewish population. https://g.co/bard/share/8f756e99642e

It's nice to read a non-biased AIi opinion on the zionism matter. https://g.co/bard/share/81ff92a41241

[–] Jollyllama@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

When they said "Be a light unto the nations" they were referring to the white phosphorus***.

***Alleged

[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago

Literally the only American politician with any integrity who stands by his beliefs and ofc he never wins an election. This is why we can't have nice things, because apparently feeding homeless people is communism but subsidising dying fossil fuel industries is patriotism.

[–] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Germany will keep simping to Israel till the end of time. lol Isn't Bernie Jewish himself?

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

German politician is against Jew who made a clear stand against war crimes.

Sounds familiar, somehow.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 2 years ago

Lunatics take positions like this.

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago

According to the IDF, targeting civilians is their right.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

A member of Senator Sanders’s staff said that as far as he knew, “Bernie had never heard of Saskia Esken, but I’m sure he would have been pleased to meet her.”

[–] honeynut@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

objectively the moderate wing

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Oh no, now she won't be buying any more Bernie Sanderses!

[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

The SDP has been a joke for a long time and it will continue to be a joke for quite some time to come.

[–] taanegl@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

"Social democrat" is just capture of socialistic values, dispersed under the umbrella of liberalism. Social democrats still support new public management, "global markets" and privatisation of everything. In effect they relish in the slavery that these markets impose, a race to the bottom where human life is worth nothing, while pretending they are doing something different.

They are in effect establishment politicians.

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Germans generally aren't the best authority on treating the jews, so...