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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on October 09, 2023, 11:12:25 pm
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Ilhan Omar stokes outrage with plea against sending US weapons to back ‘war crime’ in Israel
By Ryan King
Published Oct. 9, 2023, 6:50 p.m. ET
Rep. Ilhan Omar elicited outrage Monday with a public entreaty for the US to shift from giving Israel “unconditional weapons sales and military aid” to diplomacy.
Omar (D-Minn.) — a member of the so-called “Squad” — also harped on the plight of the Palestinians and suggested that Israel’s retaliation against terrorist group Hamas might be a “war crime.”
“The Israeli Defense Minister has called Palestinians ‘human animals’ and promised to cut off all electricity, all food, and all fuel to civilians in Gaza,” Omar wrote in a lengthy threat on X, formerly Twitter.
“This is collective punishment, a war crime, and the U.S. should oppose any violations of international law if we truly support a rules-based international order,” she continued.
The 41-year-old congresswoman who’s long been a vocal critic of Israel’s settlement policies and defender of the Palestinians, further argued, “the solution to this horror, as ever, is a negotiated peace.”
Ilhan Omar
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Oct 9, 2023
@IlhanMN
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Replying to @IlhanMN
The Israeli Defense Minister has called Palestinians ‘human animals’ and promised to cut off all electricity, all food, and all fuel to civilians in Gaza.
Ilhan Omar
@IlhanMN
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This is collective punishment, a war crime, and the U.S. should oppose any violations of international law if we truly support a rules-based international order.
2:48 PM · Oct 9, 2023
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I wonder, Ms. Ilhan, why after all these years and with the extensive monetary and humanitarian aid that has been given to this region...they haven't built their own infrastructure? It could have, should have been done by now. The only people holding these people hostage are their leaders.
It terrifies me that people like her are in our Congress.
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Other than IDF personnel, every person in the Gaza Strip is a civilian. The dude and dudette trying to stay clear of IDF personnel and Hamas thugs to simply survive is a civilian. Every Hamas thug firing a rocket or an AK is a civilian, not a member of any official military organization. When the MSM start spouting about "civilian casualties" just remember that every dead or wounded Hamas thug is "legally" a civilian.
Being civilians taking part in combat, Hamas thugs are illegal combatants and not entitled to Geneva protections, but the MSM won't explain that.
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Thanks, Minnesota!
Can’t you vote this hussy out of office?
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Thanks, Minnesota!
Can’t you vote this hussy out of office?
No chance in the district she represents