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John Fetterman: “If you have been troubled as I am, the death and the misery…”

Featuring: John Fetterman, Democratic | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

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Published | Video Starts at 04:38

It's really firmly on on Israel. And of course we can all agree the tragedy in Gaza, nobody wants that. But who does want that? And that's Hamas. And If you have been troubled as I am, the death and the misery, you know, I think we should blame Iran and Hamas and other people blame Israel. I refuse to allow try to turn Israel into a pariah state. And now it's right in the middle of that. (04:38–04:51)

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Asserts that Iran and Hamas should be blamed for the death and misery, not Israel.

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