Abdul El-Sayed: “The Leahy laws condition our ability to sell war materiel…”

“I think we cannot continue to offer unconditional foreign military aid to any country that includes Egypt, where my family came from, or Saudi Arabia or Pakistan or Jordan or Israel. I believe that we need to hold our laws forward. The Leahy laws condition our ability to sell war materiel and weapons to countries that are committing human rights atrocities, which Israel definitely is. And I believe that it is not our job to continue to run cover at the UN or the International Criminal Court or the International Court of Justice for a country that has become a rogue state.” (09:14–09:22)

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