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"First of all, he should get his facts right. Secondly, he owes Israel an apology," Michael Oren, who served as Israel's U.S. Ambassador from 2009 to 2013, told The Times of Israel in an interview published Thursday.
"He accused us of a blood libel. He accused us of bombing hospitals. He accused us of killing 10,000 Palestinian civilians. Don't you think that merits an apology," said Oren, who is currently a member of the country's Knesset.
Fmr. Israeli diplomat blasts Sanders over Gaza comments
That came from the same NY interview that caused Sanders so much bad press.
“The road to Senator Sanders’ repetition of this outrageous slander started with Hamas lies and the failure of an intimidated media in Gaza to do little but publish the original blood libel in their dispatches and mouth them on air,” SWC Associate Dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper said. “But that is no excuse for a veteran senator, running for the presidency of the United States, who always had access to the real story. Secondly, his narrative doesn’t include the thousands of rockets fired at Israeli civilians from Gaza, and Hamas’ ongoing strategy of using its civilian infrastructure as a shield against Israel.”
Major Jewish Organizations Decry Bernie Sanders’ ‘Wildly Inaccurate’ Claim That ‘Over 10,000 Innocent People Killed in Gaza'; Candidate Disputes Account
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Wow, Bernie, Bernie, Bernie. You won't get this free ride from the press forever. At some point, you will have to explain.
"He accused us of a blood libel. He accused us of bombing hospitals. He accused us of killing 10,000 Palestinian civilians. Don't you think that merits an apology," said Oren, who is currently a member of the country's Knesset.
Fmr. Israeli diplomat blasts Sanders over Gaza comments
That came from the same NY interview that caused Sanders so much bad press.
“The road to Senator Sanders’ repetition of this outrageous slander started with Hamas lies and the failure of an intimidated media in Gaza to do little but publish the original blood libel in their dispatches and mouth them on air,” SWC Associate Dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper said. “But that is no excuse for a veteran senator, running for the presidency of the United States, who always had access to the real story. Secondly, his narrative doesn’t include the thousands of rockets fired at Israeli civilians from Gaza, and Hamas’ ongoing strategy of using its civilian infrastructure as a shield against Israel.”
Major Jewish Organizations Decry Bernie Sanders’ ‘Wildly Inaccurate’ Claim That ‘Over 10,000 Innocent People Killed in Gaza'; Candidate Disputes Account
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Wow, Bernie, Bernie, Bernie. You won't get this free ride from the press forever. At some point, you will have to explain.