CNN anchor Jake Tapper asked US lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez whether she believes Israel is “deliberately” destroying the Palestinian people and why she described the situation in Gaza as “genocide,” after she called on President Joe Biden to cut military aid. For Israel.
“It is a serious matter and not something to be taken lightly,” Cortez said. “However, when we look at the catastrophe of what is happening, with the forced starvation of 1.1 million Gazans, many governments, NGOs, and even officials within the US State Department, “They clearly stated that the Israeli government and its leaders are deliberately rejecting, withholding, slowing down this aid and precipitating mass starvation.”
She added: “It’s horrific. I think it’s very clear and it’s very important for all people to understand the difference between people and their governments, between Israelis and the Israeli government, between Palestinians and Hamas.”
She continued: “But what we see here, I believe, is forced famine, beyond our ability to deny or explain it,” considering that “there is no targeting of Hamas in accelerating a mass starvation of a million people, half of whom are children.”
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