Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused Israel of war crimes against Gaza following the “asymmetry' of its response to the Hamas invasion from earlier this month.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. insisted that she was not defending Hamas as she accused Israel of committing war crimes on Sunday. Ocasio-Cortez appeared on MSNBC’s 'The Mehdi Hasan Show' to defend her position of calling for a ceasefire following Hamas’ attack against Israel on Oct. 7. When asked whether Israel had a right to defend itself, she argued that 'war crimes' are not the appropriate response.
Ocasio-Cortez along with her fellow 'Squad' members like Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Mich., and Cori Bush, D-Minn., have repeatedly called for a ceasefire while dodging questions over whether Israel has a right to defend itself after the deadly attacks. As the interview closed, she also suggested that her fellow lawmakers’ reluctance to call for a ceasefire are motivated by race. 'I have long found the ignoring and sidelining of Palestinians in the U.S.
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