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MicroWave Nov 6, 2023

Sanders says he doesn’t know that a ceasefire is possible ‘with an organization like Hamas’

Sanders says he doesn’t know that a ceasefire is possible ‘with an organization like Hamas’ - Lemmy.World

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday he doesn’t know that a ceasefire is possible in the Israel-Hamas war with “an organization like Hamas” involved. “I don’t know how you can have a ceasefire, (a) permanent ceasefire, with an organization like Hamas, which is dedicated to turmoil and chaos and destroying the state of Israel,” Sanders told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” Sunday.

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eskimofry Nov 6, 2023

Quite disappointed with Sen. Sanders on this one considering his general stance. Barack Obama had a better understanding here:

How about Israel stop bombing civilians so that Hamas doesn’t get new recruits? Does it really not occur to them that 7000+ civilians killed isn’t going to radicalize more youth. Especially since Gaza’s demogaraphic is mostly youngsters due to past conflicts killing off those who survive for longer.

It’s quite clear that in this conflict, the following people have all the gain: Netanyahu who wants to prolong the war to keep corruption charges and an ouster at bay, by winning favor with Israel conservative fubdamentalists; Hamas who successfully intervened when relations were about to be mended with the Saudis, Israel, and a few other countries; Putin, whom the U.S is funding against in the conflict with Ukraine; U.S. war manufacturers that supply the missiles to Israel.

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IHawkMike

The CNN article seeps to be cherry-picking his statements. This is his op-ed on the topic which is much more in-depth:

theguardian.com/…/gaza-humanitarian-pause-bernie-…

Gaza needs a humanitarian pause. Then we need a vision of where we go from here

One thing is clear: there cannot be a return to the status quo that existed in Gaza before the war

The Guardian