Left-wing interviewer presses Ro Khanna on whether Hamas was justified to attack Israel on October 7
Ro Khanna, D-Calif., refused to say that any attacks on Israel during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack could be justified despite repeated questioning from a far-left journalist on Tuesday.The exchange came after Drop Site reporter Jeremy Scahill asked Khanna during a livestream event about the congressman's recent claims that he was detained by armed Israeli settlers while visiting the West Bank last week.Though Khanna expressed support for ending the Israeli "occupation" of Gaza and accusing Israel of "apartheid" and "genocide,", Scahill took issue with Khanna's reluctance to enact a total arms embargo on Israel.MIKE HUCKABEE REJECTS RO KHANNA'S ISRAEL VISIT CLAIMS: 'NOT HELD AT GUNPOINT'"What you're saying is that the accountability then doesn't lie on American policy toward Israel," Scahill told Khanna.
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Ro Khanna, D-Calif., refused to say that any attacks on Israel during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack could be justified despite repeated questioning from a far-left journalist on Tuesday.The exchange came after Drop Site reporter Jeremy Scahill asked Khanna during a livestream event about the congressman's recent claims that he was detained by armed Israeli settlers while visiting the West Bank last week.Though Khanna expressed support for ending the Israeli "occupation" of Gaza and accusing Israel of "apartheid" and "genocide,", Scahill took issue with Khanna's reluctance to enact a total arms embargo on Israel.MIKE HUCKABEE REJECTS RO KHANNA'S ISRAEL VISIT CLAIMS: 'NOT HELD AT GUNPOINT'"What you're saying is that the accountability then doesn't lie on American policy toward Israel," Scahill told Khanna. "It's sort of something abstract. 'Well, Israeli civilians could die.' Israeli civilians are dying in these attacks because of the apartheid."Scahill then appeared to argue that the terrorist attacks against Israel could be justified as efforts to "kill Israeli soldiers.""You know, do Palestinians have a right to kill Israeli soldiers, Congressman?
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- Ro Khanna, D-Calif., refused to say that any attacks on Israel during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack could be justified despite repeated questioning from a far-left journalist on Tuesday.The exchange came after Drop Site reporter Jeremy Scahill asked Khanna during a livestream event about the congressman's recent claims that he was detained by armed Israeli settlers while visiting the West Bank last week.Though Khanna expressed support for ending the Israeli "occupation" of Gaza and accusing Israel of "apartheid" and "genocide,", Scahill took issue with Khanna's reluctance to enact a total arms embargo on Israel.MIKE HUCKABEE REJECTS RO KHANNA'S ISRAEL VISIT CLAIMS: 'NOT HELD AT GUNPOINT'"What you're saying is that the accountability then doesn't lie on American policy toward Israel," Scahill told Khanna.
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Left-wing interviewer presses Ro Khanna on whether Hamas was justified to attack Israel on October 7
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