Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday that his fellow progressives should “tone down the rhetoric” when it comes to language ― such as “apartheid” ― used to describe Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. Dickerson pointed out the rising anti-Semitic attacks in the U.S., with the Anti-Defamation League reporting 193 incidents this week, an increase from 131 the previous week. and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) ― the first and only Palestinian American member of Congress ― publicly called Israel’s treatment of Palestinians apartheid. It also came after recent reports of anti-Semitic attacks and a rise in Islamophobia in the U.S. “The idea that it’s even remotely controversial to call what Israel has imposed on Palestinians a form of apartheid is laughable.

Source: Huffington Post May 24, 2021 01:30 UTC