Ted Cruz: “When millions of dollars of aid would go in, international…”

“Isn't a cage. It was in some sense as a cage because Hamas, whom the Palestinian people in Gaza voted for, were in charge. And so when, When millions of dollars of aid would go in, international countries would send in aid, say, say water pipes to build water and sewer systems, do you know what Hamas would do? They take the pipe and make missiles out of them. Yep, they would use it for terrorism. So yes, I agree Gaza is a hellhole and it is entirely self inflicted. It was not Israel imposing those, those conditions on the people of Gaza.” (13:18–13:30)

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