Citing 'overreaction', Sanders apologizes to Palestinian activists
US Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders has apologized to a group of Palestinian activists who were booted from a campaign rally in Boston as a result of “overreaction.”
Members of the Boston Students for Justice in Palestine were apparently weighing up the Democrat’s position on Palestine, when they showed up at a Saturday event.
"Will ya #Feel the Bern 4 Palestine??!" they asked him via a banner they were carrying.
They were booted, however, CNN reported Tuesday.
A campaign staffer instructed them to either scrap the sign or leave the event.
“You can stay but you can’t have the sign here,” the woman is heard in the video, instructing the activists. “Will you please leave?”
Accompanied by police officers, they left and released a video of their interaction.
Sanders' spokesman Michael Briggs said the activists have been contacted by campaign manager Jeff Weaver, who “apologized to them."
"They shouldn't have been excluded," Briggs said. "It was an overreaction by an over-eager staffer who didn't show good judgment."
The staffer, seen is the video, is a low-level one, Briggs said, who has not been dismissed but "won't be doing this kind of job" anymore.
Boston Students for Justice in Palestine confirmed they had discussed the incident with the Sanders' campaign manager.
The group hopes the interaction could make Sanders speak up about the situation in Palestine and "Israel's human rights abuses" against the people there.
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