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President Joe Biden’s refusal to condemn Israeli airstrikes — and assertion, instead, that Israel « has a right to defend …
Good Subscriber Account active since President Joe Biden’s refusal to condemn Israeli airstrikes — and assertion, instead, that Israel « has a right to defend itself » — risks encouraging further violence, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez charged Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Biden told reporters that Israel has a right to respond with military force « when you have thousands of rockets flying into your territory. » He added that his « hope is that we’ll see this coming to a conclusion sooner than later. » That statement, the New York Democrat said on Twitter, lacked context: namely, the treatment of Palestinians by Israeli authorities. The effect, she said, was to « dehumanize Palestinians » and « imply « the US will look the other way at human rights violations.
