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Israel’s UN ambassador tells AIPAC Sanders is an ‘ignorant fool’

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Published: 3 March 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Drawing contrast with Netanyahu, Gantz tells conference he won’t let Israel ‘become a partisan issue’ in US; Sanders says he is ‘pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian’

Israel’s UN ambassador tells AIPAC Bernie Sanders is an ‘ignorant fool’ (Times of Israel)
‘We don’t want Sanders at AIPAC. We don’t want him in Israel,’ declares Danny Danon of US Democratic frontrunner, who had called Netanyahu a ‘reactionary racist’

Israeli envoy at AIPAC: Bernie Sanders Is an 'ignorant fool and liar' (Haaretz)
Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon responds to Sanders' recent comment that Netanyahu is a 'racist'; sources say Danon did not coordinate statements with Netanyahu

Gantz tells AIPAC he won’t let Israel ‘become a partisan issue’ in US (Times of Israel)
Drawing a contrast to Netanyahu on the eve of the election, Blue and White leader promises stronger relations with Diaspora

Sanders: I am pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian; I want to bring people together (Times of Israel)
After attack by Israel’s UN envoy, Democratic front-runner says he’ll ‘do everything’ to protect Jewish state, but Palestinian suffering must not be ignored

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