Bernie Sanders

Democrats say Netanyahu is the problem - but their opposition to Israel runs deeper - opinion

The Jewish state will remain after this prime minister. American leaders who spent the Netanyahu years treating him as the whole issue will then have to say what they actually support.

|ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI
Prime Minister and Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu visits supporters in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 14, 2026
US Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) questions US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 02, 2026 in Washington, DC.

US Senators introduce resolution seeking answers on West Bank violence, human rights abuses

Senators also specifically requested that the State Department assess the conditions surrounding the detention of Palestinian children.

|ByMAYA ZANGER-SHAMIR
Steve Bannon (Host - Steve Bannon’s War Room) speaks on stage during Semafor World Economy 2026 on April 16, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Unlikely alliance: Bannon joins forces with Sanders, AOC over AI, data center restrictions - report

Bannon has aligned himself with Democratic progressives on the issue, setting aside disagreements over issues such as immigration, believing that it is the "defining issue" of the future.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, DANYA SAPERSTEIN
US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at The People V. The Powerful rally at the Detroit Opera House on July 18, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. Sanders, US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and others joined El-Sayed to rally the crowds.

Bernie Sanders urges Democratic Party to ban AIPAC and super PACs from primaries, pass amendment

Sanders believes that even candidates who support super PAC reforms will continue accepting money from super PACs for use in elections so long as there is benefit to be gained from the arrangement.

|ByJONAH DAVIDOV

Bernie Sanders endorses Eliot Engel’s opponent Jamaal Bowman for Congress

Engel is a moderate Democrat and a leading pro-Israel voice in Congress who voted against the Iran nuclear deal in 2015.

JUNE 9, 2020ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
Jamaal Bowman is running against Eliot Engel for Congress

Stemming the tide of antisemitism in the US

"If people can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

MAY 15, 2020ByGAIL B. MACDONALD
Antisemitism in the United States

Sanders’ Jewish outreach director: Our progressive future depends on Biden

'I’m confident that Biden will be able to advance the progressive American Jewish priorities I fought for on behalf of Sen. Sanders.'

MAY 12, 2020ByJOEL RUBIN/JTA
Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden at the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign in Washington, March 15, 2020

Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden for Democratic presidential nomination

Biden responded by terming Sanders "the most powerful voice for a fair and more just America.”

APRIL 14, 2020ByREUTERS
Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden at the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign in Washington, March 15, 2020

Foreign policy, Israel, not mentioned In Sanders’ endorsement of Biden

Biden accepted Sanders’ demand for a $15 minimum wage, forgiving student debt and free community colleges, but have yet to agree on the topic of free universal healthcare

APRIL 14, 2020ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden smiles as Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during the seventh Democratic 2020 presidential debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., January 14, 2020

Liberal student drops out CUNY Law for antisemitic harassment

Her choice to defend Israel’s right to exist made her the focus of the pro-Palestinian groups

APRIL 13, 2020ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Rafaella Gunz

Washington Watch: Bernie can still be a winner

The message Sanders has to deliver to his followers is simple: a vote for anyone other than Biden, or not voting at all, is a vote for Trump.

APRIL 13, 2020ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden at the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign in Washington, March 15, 2020

Liberal student drops out CUNY Law for antisemitic harassment

Her choice to defend Israel’s right to exist made her the focus of the pro-Palestinian groups

APRIL 12, 2020ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
A woman wearing a T-shirt which reads, "Boycott Israel", takes part in a demonstration in favour of the occupied Palestinian people of Gaza in Brussels December 27, 2011.

What does Sanders' withdrawal mean for Democrats?

Even without a primary challenger, Joe Biden is expected to face a series of hardships moving forward.

APRIL 10, 2020ByOMRI NAHMIAS
Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden at the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign in Washington, March 15, 2020

Bernie Sanders ends presidential campaign

He said that in the past few weeks, he consulted with his wife and supporters and made an “honest assessment” of his path to victory.

APRIL 9, 2020ByOMRI NAHMIAS, TAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders takes the stage for an outdoor campaign rally in Austin, Texas, U.S., February 23, 2020.