Sanders says Americans don't 'want to be complicit' in 'starvation' in Gaza [View all]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday doubled down on his opposition to further U.S. aid to Israel, suggesting Americans do not want to be “complicit” in the starvation of children in Gaza.

“Well, I understand…look, every Republican as I understand it, wants to give huge amounts of money to Israel,” Sanders said during an interview with NBC News’s “Meet the Press.” My guess is that many Republicans want Israel to go into Rafah, despite the incredible humanitarian destruction that will cause, and there are Democrats who also feel that way.”

“But this is what I will tell you, Kristen. That is not what the American people feel. Poll after poll suggests that the American people want an immediate ceasefire. They want massive humanitarian aid to get in,” he continued. “The people of our country do not want to be complicit in the starvation of hundreds of thousands of children.”

Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, has repeatedly called for a stop to U.S. aid amid the civilian death toll and depleting humanitarian resources. More than 35,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks.

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