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Israeli Foreign Minister Slams Sanders 'Horrifying Comment'

Associated Press

   Israel's foreign minister denounced Democratic front-runner Bernie
   Sanders on Wednesday for what he called his "horrifying comment" about
   Jerusalem, saying that those who support Israel would not back Sanders'
   presidential candidacy after such remarks.
   At a contentious Democratic debate on Tuesday night in South Carolina,
   Sanders labeled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a
   "reactionary racist" and said he'd consider reversing President Donald
   Trump's move of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The move,
   following Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital,
   outraged the Palestinians and led to a dramatic fallout with the U.S.
   administration.
   In a daring foray into American domestic politics, Israeli Foreign
   Minister Israel Katz said there was a not a Jew in the world who
   "hasn't dreamed of Jerusalem" and Sanders words were so severe that he
   had no choice but to retort.
   "We don't intervene in the internal American electoral process, which
   is splendid," Katz told Israel's Army Radio, before noting that Sanders
   had a long history of attacking Israel and the things most sacred to
   its identity and national security.
   "Naturally, people who support Israel will not support someone who goes
   against these things," he added.
   Sanders' comments at the debate came after he recently announced he
   would skip an appearance before the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC, which he
   called a "platform for bigotry."

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