Bernie Sanders

AIPAC targeting US congressional candidates who want to condition aid to Israel

“We are going to have a focus on stopping candidates who are detractors of Israel or who want to put conditions on aid,” Patrick Dorton, a spokesperson for AIPAC’s super PAC, said in an interview.

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A VISITOR holds an AIPAC folder in an elevator in Rayburn House Office Building on March 12, 2024 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
AS THE Trump administration pushes back against claims that Israel ‘dragged’ the United States into war with Iran, officials have worked to frame the conflict as driven by American strategic interests. Here, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters at the US Capitol in Washington

Israel’s war? Trump faces narrative battle shaping American support against Iran

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: That battle over perception – over whether this is Washington’s war or Netanyahu’s – may shape the level of support the war receives in the US.

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DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT Representative Tom Malinowski participates in a get out the vote event ahead of next month’s midterm elections on October 29, 2022 in Rahway, New Jersey.

AIPAC ads against pro-Israel New Jersey candidate open to conditions for US aid backfires

“We are going to have a focus on stopping candidates who are detractors of Israel or who want to put conditions on aid,” Patrick Dorton, a spokesperson for the United Democracy Project, said.

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US SENATOR Bernie Sanders speaks at a May Day rally in Philadelphia earlier this month. In a Senate committee meeting, Sanders said: ‘We can agree that antisemitism is unacceptable in all forms, but some of us happen to believe that the response of the Netanyahu government to the Hamas attack is al

Holocaust Memorial Museum board looks to oust Bernie Sanders after years of absence - report

According to records the New York Post claims to have been supplied, Sanders has not attended a single one of the biannual meetings since he was appointed to the position 18 years ago.

|ByTZVI JASPER

Bernie Sanders, the Jewish case on why he'd make a good president

Sander's uses his familiarity with the holocaust and 'how horrible people can be to each other in the name of racial superiority,' in his struggle to unseat Trump.

MARCH 15, 2020ByJTA/REBECCA PIERCE
Democratic US presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at his New Hampshire primary night rally in Manchester, NH, US

Bernie Sanders is 'proud to have the support of IfNotNow'

IfNotNow organizes protests against Israel and pressures Jewish institutions to be less supportive of the country.

MARCH 14, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Bernie’s campaign may be nearing its end, but Israel still on his agenda

Bernie Sanders lost big for the second set of Democratic primaries in a row, including in Michigan, where his 2016 win made him a viable candidate.

MARCH 13, 2020ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally in St Louis, Missouri, US, March 9, 2020.

Rashida Tlaib slammed online for T-shirt that erases Israel from the map

Tlaib was wearing the shirt, which depicts the whole of Israel as Palestine, while promoting Linda Sarsour's new book.

MARCH 11, 2020ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) participates in a House Financial Services Committee hearing with Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2019

Bernie Sanders endorsed by Imam who said ISIS is 'arm of the Zionists'

According to reports at Middle East Eye, Sayed Hassan al-Qazwini, a local imam, addressed a Dearborn rally in Arabic on Saturday, encouraging support for Sanders.

MARCH 10, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally in St Louis, Missouri, US, March 9, 2020.

Bernie Sanders hires top adviser who says Zionism is ‘racist and exclusionary’

Senator previously boycotted AIPAC because of ‘bigotry.'

MARCH 10, 2020ByHERB KEINON
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally in St Louis, Missouri, U.S., March 9, 2020.

4 years ago Michigan made Bernie Sanders, now it might break him

Michigan appears poised to put a major dent in his White House run.

MARCH 10, 2020ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders addresses supporters during a campaign rally in Ann Arbor, Mich., March 8, 2020.

Joe Biden’s Super Tuesday sweep changes the Jewish 2020 campaign

So what does the Jewish campaign look like if Biden is the nominee?

MARCH 7, 2020ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 4, 2020

Known white supremacist unfurls Nazi flag at Bernie Sanders rally

A reporter for ABC 15 Arizona posted video on Twitter of what appeared to be the protester sauntering out of the arena shouting a racial epithet.

MARCH 7, 2020ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
DEMOCRATIC US presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders rallies with supporters in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, earlier this week.

Elizabeth Warren suspends Democratic nomination campaign

Both former rivals reached our to her supporters: Biden called Warren the "fiercest of fighters" on Twitter, while Sanders praised her work on women's rights, corruption and healthcare.

MARCH 6, 2020ByREUTERS
SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN speaks as former vice president Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders listen at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, last week.