Nakba refers to the “catastrophe” and then recognizes Palestinians were driven from their homes starting in 1948 with the establishment of the State of Israel.
Shapiro responded to a tweet about Sanders by questioning the senator’s Jewishness: “Bernie Sanders is about as Jewish as a ham sandwich topped with shrimp on lard bread.”
Twitter responded by adding context to Shapiro’s tweet:
“Sen. Sanders grew up in Brooklyn, the son of Jewish immigrants. His father, Elias, emigrated from Poland in 1921 at the age of 17. Senator Sanders learned during an appearance on the PBS show Finding Your Roots that he had family killed during the Holocaust.
Sanders’ father’s brother, Abraham, was shot by the Nazis in 1942 after he refused to hand over people for execution, such as the Senator learned on “Finding your roots.”
Twitter users had some thoughts about Shapiro’s comment.
