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She did say that, and also that there are horrors being inflicted in Gaza. Only her whole statement gives any idea what she’s talking about.
Her speech was right on both accounts though. Hamas did unspeakably terrible things in Israel. But that in no way excuses them from the suffering they are causing to civilians in Palestine.
To be honest, I expect her to back Israel, and that these words are just a way to temporarily placate the ones calling for an end to genocide. But at least she tried to broach the complexity of the situation.
She could do more. But I'll take this approach for now, knowing we can keep pushing in the direction of liberating the Palestinian people, over "finish the job" Trump.
Strongly agree.
It was a pretty milquetoast acknowledgement of Israeli war crimes, without even mentioning them by name as the perpetrators. I would have hoped for at least something along the lines of:
But I guess even that would have been too spicy for the pro-Israel lobby within the Democratic party. That said, I'll take any public acknowledgement and push for a ceasefire over the current status quo. Much as I wish it were possible, I don't think we're ever gonna get a major figure in any political party to come out and say, for example "Israel is an deeply unjust nation that must reckon with the status of Palestinians if it wishes to become a true, legitimate democratic state."
Here's her speech... https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_BOYirumo-/
Disingenuous and baiting. Thanks for showing us know who you are.
It's reality.
This video is manipulative trolling CHANGING THE CONTEXT of what she is saying
Clarification on the quote (Israel), was that actually in the quote, or subtext by you?
Actually asking
I'm not saying she isn't exposing pro Israel opinions in general (edit as evidenced by your following quote) but it's important to make it very very clear that you added it. Someone could copy paste your comment taking it as a true quote, which represents misinformation.
You comment is right there, unedited. If you should have punctuated differently, just go do that.
She basically 'both sides' that issue, which I guess is about as good as you're going to get from someone wanting to win. To be fair, Hamas does suck, and so does the situation in Gaza, and if you stop there (as undecided voters do) then that message makes sense.
Too bad when you dig just a bit deeper, it's quite hard to side with Israel, both in numbers dead and historical bullshit they've pulled. Unfortunate I don't think you'll change Dem messaging unless randos in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, etc, are willing to learn more and change their stance. That's who that language is for.
But these are people who are undecided, they're likely the least informed people on the planet earth, and that includes people in comas.