ThorrJoSimple and gets the point across
Unruffled [they/them]Don’t get me wrong, I like Bernie a lot, and I’m glad he spoke out. But …
Bernie is pretending like the Zionist entity is separable from its government.
… that’s exactly what he’s doing.
jaaakeAs a Jew, I’ve got a different take (which is also posted in that thread:
He doesn’t want to say Israel, because people conflate Israel with Judaism. He’s also making the focus a singular discreet and addressable issue, without bringing up the fact that the formation of the state of Israel has been a problem since the Nakba.
underiskThe fact that he is Jewish means he should say Israel because it draws a clearer distinction between Judaism and Zionism. Jewish people being openly anti-zionist makes it clear that conflating it with antisemitism is disingenuous.