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Bernie Sanders: “The International Criminal Court was right to indict Yahya…”

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 07:41

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. Clearly, Israel, as any other country that was so attacked, had the right to defend itself against Hamas. But Netanyahu's extremist government has not just waged war against Hamas. (07:41–07:53)

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Asserts that the ICC indicted Yahya Sinwa and other Hamas leaders as war criminals.

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