by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation:
Senators who privately oppose Israel’s brutal war on Gaza will vote to advance Israel’s interests over the will of their constituents because they know that AIPAC will destroy their political careers if they do otherwise, according to Senator Bernie Sanders.
In an interview last month that’s only now going viral, Sanders (D-VA) told Jon Stewart that fear of having one’s political career destroyed by the Israel Lobby is “the root of everything” when it comes to the will of the public not being reflected by our representatives — only to catch himself and walk it back.
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🇺🇸 Bernie Sanders admits US senators refused to vote against arms sales to Israel because they knew AIPAC would end their careers…
Sanders stated that both AIPAC and Pharmaceutical Companies were using huge amounts of money to defeat political opponents..
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“I introduced legislation that would stop arms sales to Netanyahu,” Sanders said. “We got 19 votes, which observers thought was very significant.”
“A significant majority of people who consider themselves Democrats agree with us — I got 19 votes, OK?” he continued. “The American people do not believe that we should be supporting a government that is starving children right now as we speak. But if you stand up, you’re going to find that AIPAC and other billionaire-funded Super PACs are going to go to war against you, putting huge amounts of money in a primary in your general election.”
“So it’s not a question of not understanding,” Sanders said. “There are many members of the Senate who will come to you privately and say, my God, what Netanyahu is doing is outrageous. I just can’t vote, because money is going to come and destroy my political career. So you’ve got to get at the root of everything– not of everything — but a key part of this whole discussion.”
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