By Justin Wise
March 02, 2020 "Information
Clearing House" -
Israel’s ambassador to
the United Nations on Sunday lambasted Sen.
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) over the critical
comments he recently made about Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, describing the
presidential candidate as "a liar, an ignorant fool
or both."
Speaking at the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference, Danny Danon offered
a searing rebuke to Sanders for calling Netanyahu a
"reactionary racist," according
to The Times of Israel.
“Whoever calls the prime minister of Israel a
‘racist’ is either a liar, an ignorant fool or
both,” Danon said as he spoke on the first day of
the pro-Israel lobbying group's annual conference.
“We don’t want Sanders at AIPAC. We don’t want him
in Israel.”
Sanders, one of two Jewish candidates running for
president this year, has for years been an outspoken
critic of Israel and some of its policies. He said
last month that he would not attend the AIPAC
conference because the group provided a platform to
“leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic
Palestinian rights.”
Addressing that decision
and his past comments about Israel, Sanders
emphasized during the Democratic debate in South
Carolina that U.S. foreign policy should
"absolutely" work to protect the independence and
security of Israel.
"I'm very proud of being Jewish. I actually lived
in Israel for some months. But what I happen to
believe is that right now, sadly, tragically, in
Israel, through Netanyahu,
you have a reactionary racist who is now running
that country," Sanders said.