Bernie Sanders says Israel is ‘becoming a religious fundamentalist country’

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1. Always has been.

2. So are we

3. It has been so for quite a while. Now there is little difference between them and many of the surrounding Arab countries.

   It’s because the Jewish fundamentalists put Netanyahu in office and has kept him there

4. *Becoming‽*

5. Religious fundamental countries/ethnostates cannot be democracies. The two are contradictory

6. So kinda like all the other countries it’s surrounded by?

7. Did he say Israel or USA?

8. Many multicultural democracies are struggling with their identities and seeing a rise in right wing ethno-nationalist politics in the early 21st century. It’s a larger trend in the era of globalization, and pretending like it’s unique to Israel is wildly dishonest.

9. Not exactly. Support for the war isn’t limited to religious people.

10. Just Israel?

11. By “Israel” he means Bibi and his supporters.

12. Nearly half of Israeli Jews are secular, and they also support the war. Most of the people attacked in October were secular Jews. Secular Jews are more likely to serve in the IDF.

    People in the US stop trying to apply their own worldview on a country they know almost nothing about.

13. It’s almost as if that’s what is bound to happen when you set up a country for the express purpose of creating a religious-ethno state.

14. No no Bernie. Has been a religious apartheid for decades.

15. Lol almost as if you give power to any religious focused group. They impose their religious beliefs and laws on everything and everyone.

16. He might want to take a peek at the other side of the fight, too.

17. it obvious Bernie knows nothing about Israel, majority are secular

18. There’s Jewish culture and Jewish religion. There are many Jewish people who do not attend religious services or follow kosher diets etc. But they have learned languages spoken by their ancestors and observe some Jewish holidays.

    I think what we are seeing is a form of authoritarianism. This is a government that is extremely right wing that wants more power.

19. Ask any of the 3.8 million secular Israelis and they’ll straight up tell you “Yeah. When are.”

    Ben Gurion made a mistake by striking back-door deals with the religious fundamentalists and now the county is worse off for it.

20. Israel’s Supreme Court just ruled that the ultra orthodox lost protections. And most Israelis are secular Jews. Sorry Sanders, wrong.

21. Does he think a Palestinian state would be a beacon of secularism?

22. A man that speaks truth not when it’s convenient but when it’s necessary. I may not see anyone like him again.

23. Yes…. It’s Israel, it was created that way. Sometimes the shit this guys says is dumb. The problem with Israel is Netyanahu and all the surrounding countries that wish it didn’t exist.

24. Republicans, “I know, isn’t it great!?”

25. Isn’t that wild, was thinking the same about Merica!

26. Judaism has always been a nationality rather than a religion. Jews have had their own states before, and even those who lived in Eastern Europe frequently lived in self-governing enclaves, speaking their own languages (while paying high taxes for the privilege of doing so). The Jewish nationality has had a distinct religious practice, but you are not less of a Jew if you don’t observe it. Far from being a religious fundamentalist country, the majority of Jews in Israel never go to a synagogue but are not any less Jewish.

    When the British ceded control of the region, the UN divided the mandate between the two indigenous nationalities of the region, Jews and Palestinians, which is why a two-state solution is the only that makes sense.

27. Worse than that. Israel is a run by right winger fascist hell bent on murdering as many Palestinians as possible.  
    Right wing radical Israelis and the defense forces has been killing Palestinians routinely for decades. It’s not a new thing, the only difference now is that Israel as a state started killing by the tens of thousands in a very short time. 

    Berne tries to do and say the right things, but doesn’t quite hit the mark. 

    Religious fundamental doesn’t pop openly go on a genocide path if they’re left alone. They usually keep to themselves with their narrow beliefs. 

28. Is becoming????? What the fuck do mean. It has been and always will be…. Christians and Jews alike both need Israel to be a religious country for their end of the world prophecies… lol.

29. No shit. MAGA here. MIGA there. Bibi, Trump, Putin, Orban, Xi. All the same thing.

30. wow it only took lots of kids getting killed by IDF using american supplied weapons for Bernie to realize.

31. 8 years ago I’d have said that the world is becoming less religious, and then all of a sudden religious zealousness has increased massively in so many countries.

32. Isn’t that like… the basis of the state ?

33. Becoming?