Bloomberg Criticizes Sanders’s AIPAC Position as ‘Dead Wrong’
- He says opposing the group weakens U.S.-Israeli relationship
- Sanders said he’s not anti-Israel but wants Palestinian rights
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Michael Bloomberg criticized Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders’s opposition to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, saying it undermines bipartisan support for Israel and weakens the U.S.-Israel relationship.
Sanders has been highly critical of AIPAC, the powerful pro-Israel lobby in Washington, calling it a platform “for leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights” and declined to speak at its annual conference. Bloomberg, speaking to the group Monday, said that Sanders is “dead wrong.”