Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna Pressley are speaking out against Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “moral and strategic failure” in Gaza.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley speaks at a news conference in November calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today.
Pressley has been calling for a ceasefire for months, but she was also joined yesterday by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who took to the Senate floor to denounce Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “moral and strategic failure” in the conflict. In, she called for a ceasefire and a two-state solution: “Netanyahu cannot bomb his way to the return of the hostages.”boycotted the music venue in Cambridge this week for hosting a concert to raise funds for the “healing and rebuilding of Israel.
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