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Menendez is ‘deeply troubled’ by Israel killing ‘innocent civilians’, while Schumer has gone silent
Chuck Schumer once called for Gaza to be “strangled.” Now the NY senator is silent as progressive Democrats decry Israeli onslaught and Schumer’s potential adversary in 2022, AOC, brands Israel an “apartheid state.”
mondoweiss.net
The amazing news from the last day domestically is that Israel’s routine slaughter of Palestinians to put down an uprising is No Longer Routine in the U.S. mainstream. Yesterday there were demonstrations across the country, and Democratic politicians are heeding the American street.
The two leading pro-Israel Democratic senators are 1, Robert Menendez, who expressed sharp criticism of Israel and 2, Chuck Schumer, who has gone silent.