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Bernie Sanders: “Hamas, a terrorist organization, began this terrible war…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Senate Debate on Gaza Humanitarian Crisis: Bernie Sanders vs. Ohio Senator

Published | Video Starts at 07:23

History will never forget that we allowed this to happen, and for us here in the United States, that we in fact enabled this ongoing atrocity. There is no doubt that Hamas, a terrorist organization, began this terrible war with its barbaric October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, which killed 1200 innocent people and took 250 hostages. The international Criminal Court was right to indict Yahya Sinwa and other leaders of Hamas as war criminals for those atrocities. (07:23–07:41)

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Asserts that Hamas initiated the war with an attack on Israel, killing 1200 and taking 250 hostages.

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