While it is true Sanders has actually dared to criticize Israel repeatedly. There are lines he will not cross, accusations he will not make and things he will not do.
He is the most leftward of the USA senators, which is to say he is a centralist elsewhere; and the OP is all about him doing centralist things: a balancing act
I find babies are fine with adults crying near them as long as the adult is not showing contempt ( fake crying to mess with the baby) or panic ( babies pick up on that)
Vowels are overrated