US Senator Bernie Sanders has called on US President Joe Biden in an interview published on Saturday.
Sanders maintained that being pro-Israel does not mean that Washington needs to support the Israeli premier.
US Senator Sanders said: “I hope that he [Biden] understands that you can be pro-Israel without supporting Netanyahu and the horrific war he is waging against the Palestinian people.”
“US support for the war in Gaza could be one of several issues that will lead progressive Democratic voters to not cast their ballots for Biden in the November 2024 presidential elections,” he added.
When questioned about the fact that he has notably not called for a full ceasefire in Israel’s war against the Hamas terror group, gaining the ire of his progressive colleagues, and whether the issue could cause splits in his wing of the party, Bernie Sanders replied: “I think, at the end of the day, we’ll be alright.”
Sanders told the publication that he and his allies “hope to make clear to the president and his team that they are not going to win this election unless they come up with a progressive agenda that speaks to the needs of the working class of this country.”
“We’ve got to see the White House move more aggressively on healthcare, on housing, on tax reform, on the high cost of prescription drugs,” Sanders added.
“If we can get the president to move in that direction, he will win; if not, he’s going to lose.”
