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Bernie Sanders says that what is happening in Gaza is 'unspeakable' [View all]
US Senator Bernie Sanders has said there are more people in the US outraged by what is happening in Gaza than the rest of the world understands.
Speaking to RTÉ News at the start of a visit to Ireland, Mr Sanders said that what is going on in Gaza right now is unspeakable.
He also rejected suggestions by senior Israeli political figures that criticisms of Israel had fuelled the sentiment that led to the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington DC.
"I am Jewish, I detest antisemitism, as I hope everybody does. It's a horribly destructive ideology," Mr Sanders said.
"But to be critical of [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu's right wing extremist government who have killed some 53,000 people in Gaza, already, mostly women and children, that is not antisemitic, that is taking on an extremist, ugly government that is doing terrible things."
For more on this story and all the latest Irish and international news - http://www.rte.ie/news
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