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Jen Kiggans: “They [Israel] are only ally in the Middle East.”

Featuring: Jen Kiggans, Republican | U.S. House, Virginia, District 2

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Published April 20, 2024 | Video Starts at 01:05

We saw Iranian proxies acting through Hamas come into their country, devastate Detroit, destroy, murder, rape, you know, innocent people in that country. So they have a right to respond. They [Israel] are only ally in the Middle East. They are a democracy in the Middle East. We have to stand with those guys and they have to be allowed to retaliate, you know, however they would like. (01:05–03:45)

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Asserts that Israel is the U.S.'s only ally in the Middle East.

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