@rtenews: US Senator Bernie Sanders has said there are more people in the US outraged by what is happening in Gaza than the rest of the world understands. Speaking to RTÉ News at the start of a visit to Ireland, Mr Sanders said that what is going on in Gaza right now is unspeakable. "I have led the effort in the US Senate to stop US military aid going to [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu to continue his horrible, horrible war," he said. "It is beyond belief, and obviously we will do everything we can to try to reverse policy." He rejected suggestions by senior Israeli political figures that criticisms of Israel had fuelled the sentiment that led to the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington DC. "I am Jewish, I detest antisemitism, as I hope everybody does. It's a horribly destructive ideology," Mr Sanders said. "But to be critical of Netanyahu's right wing extremist government who have killed some 53,000 people in Gaza, already, mostly women and children, that is not antisemitic, that is taking on an extremist, ugly government that is doing terrible things." Go to link in bio for more #rtenews #israel #gaza #berniesanders #politics

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