From the Liveblog of
Monday, May 6, 2024
Bernie Sanders announces he will seek re-election, criticizes Israel
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US Senator Bernie Sanders, 82, announces that he will seek re-election for another six-year term.
In an eight-minute video posted to social media, Sanders highlights the Israel-Hamas war, sparked by Hamas’s “horrific” attack on October 7.
Sanders says Israel had the right to respond to the onslaught, “but it did not and does not have the right to go to war against the entire Palestinian people, which is exactly what it is doing.”
Let me thank the people of Vermont, from the bottom of my heart, for giving me the opportunity to serve them in the United States Senate. It has been the honor of my life.
Today, I am announcing my intention to seek another term. Here is why: pic.twitter.com/cfO8MF4Cep
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 6, 2024
