Senator Bernie Sanders has voiced his support for pro-Palestine protests looming in US campuses, and blasted President Joe Biden over his backing of Israel. Appearing in an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Friday, Sanders compared Biden's situation with former President Lyndon Johnson, who decided against seeking reelection in 1968 due to student protests against the Vietnam War. “I worry …
Writers, politicians, and activists in Ireland, which is often an outlier in the West on the Middle East conflict, call for peace. Michael D Higgins, the 82-year-old Irish president whose role is largely ceremonial, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was “not speaking for Ireland” when she expressed unconditional support for Israel on October 16 without acknowledging the …
