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Sanders at Vatican says rich-poor gap worse than 100 years ago
Jewish Journal
April 15, 2016
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, addressing a Vatican conference on social justice on Friday, decried the \”immoral\” gap between the world\’s rich and poor that he said was worse than a century ago.
Bernie Sanders stops by Vatican to take economic message global
Jewish Journal
April 15, 2016
Bernie Sanders denounced capitalist excess, called for a global “moral economy” and praised Pope Francis’ leadership in a speech here.
‘Outrageous’ that college debaters were asked to defend Palestinian stabbing attacks, says ADL
Jewish Journal
April 15, 2016
The Anti-Defamation League said it was “outrageous” that a debate topic at an inter-university debating competition in Atlanta required participants to justify Palestinian stabbing attacks against Israelis.
Sanders doubles down on Israel criticism
jacobk
April 15, 2016
Bernie Sanders doubled down on his comments regarding Israel’s military campaign against Hamas in the 2014 war in Gaza during the Democratic presidential debate in Brooklyn, NY, on Thursday.
In New York, Cruz decries White House boycott of Netanyahu’s ‘positive’ speech to Congress
jacobk
April 15, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz blasted the Obama administration’s treatment of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he pitched his candidacy in a front of a skeptic crowd of hundreds of New York Republicans on Thursday.
In America, politicians pay for bucking Netanyahu
Bill Boyarsky
April 14, 2016
As he campaigns in New York, Bernie Sanders is learning what many Jews know—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes it tough for a Jew to be a Zionist.
Trump ‘disappointed’ with Netanyahu over cancelled Israel trip
jacobk
April 14, 2016
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement repudiating his proposed plan to ban all Muslims entering the United States was disappointing, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Jewish Insider on Thursday.
Abe Foxman calls on Sanders to fire Zimmerman
jacobk
April 14, 2016
Bernie Sanders should fire his new Jewish Outreach Director over past anti-Israel comments, former ADL head Abe Foxman told Jewish Insider on Thursday.
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