Bernie Sanders Must Clarify Where He Stands on Israel

by Alan M. Dershowitz • April 13, 2016 at 10:00 am

Bernie Sanders' ignorance and bias with regards to Israel have been on full view lately. In an interview with the New York Daily News editorial board, Sanders grossly misstated the number of Palestinian civilians killed during Israel's intervention in the Gaza strip in August and September 2014, generally referred to as Operation Protective Edge.

Here's what he said:

"Sanders: Help me out here, because I don't remember the figures, but my recollection is over 10,000 innocent people were killed in Gaza. Does that sound right?

Daily News: I think it's probably high, but we can look at that.

Sanders: I don't have it in my number... but I think it's over 10,000. My understanding is that a whole lot of apartment houses were leveled. Hospitals, I think, were bombed. So yeah, I do believe and I don't think I'm alone in believing that Israel's force was more indiscriminate than it should have been."