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“What has happened in Gaza over the past nine months is devastating. The images of dead children and desperate, hungry people fleeing for safety, sometimes displaced for the second, third or fourth time,” Harris said. “We cannot look away in the face of these tragedies. We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the suffering. And I will not be silent.”

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[-] pbjamm@beehaw.org 6 points 3 months ago

Every nation has the right to defend itself. There are big disagreements between nations about what form that should take as well as what response is considered reasonable.

[-] senseamidmadness@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

When "we have a right to defend ourselves" is the excuse given for genocide it's completely unreasonable

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