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Tom Cotton: “Hamas wants the world to believe that Israel has undertaken…”

Featuring: Tom Cotton, Republican | U.S. Senate, Arkansas

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Published | Video Starts at 47:55

Mr. President, chair. Recognize the senator from Arkansas. Well, here we go again. Hamas is on the verge of defeat, so it's cranked up the propaganda machine once again. Now, Hamas wants the world to believe that Israel has undertaken a campaign of deliberate starvation of the Gazan population. And as usual, Hamas can count on an international media and political chorus to fight their battles for them and try to bully Israel into submission. (47:55–48:04)

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Asserts that Hamas claims Israel is deliberately starving the Gazan population.

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