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US Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday said that Israel “did not have the right to commit genocide,” in Gaza, saying that Tel Aviv “should not get one nickel more from U.S. taxpayers,” Anadolu reports. Sepaking at an event in Minnesota, Sanders criticized Israel’s brutal war on the Gaza Strip, saying that the administration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “did not have the right to wage an all-out war against the Palestinian people.” “It did not have the right to kill more than 73,000 Palestinians, mostly women, children, and the elderly. Did not have the right to injure 173,000 people. READ: Further revelations expose $100m behind Israel’s frantic bid to win back US opinion “It did not have the right to destroy virtually […]