In an interview published on “Pod Save America” on Tuesday, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said that while Hamas is a terrorist organization seeking to destroy Israel, “October 7 “If the legacy of these attacks continues to escalate,” he said. “If the violence increases in turn, Hamas will already have won.” “If the death and devastation increases, the death and devastation will not end.” He said he hoped that “somehow people on both sides of the conflict can draw on the best of our faith and moral traditions, all of us.” At the same time, “people, on different sides of the conflict, all love their children.”
“To respect the humanity of Palestinian children and to force our allies to do what it takes to recognize that Palestinian children are just as precious as Israeli children,” Warnock said. “We’re exploring all kinds of ways to use the tools we have.” … [A]I have been observing the situation in Gaza. I’ve been thinking about the fact that adversaries and people on different sides of a conflict have things in common. That is, they all love their children. And if we could somehow look into someone else’s eyes, look into someone else’s child’s eyes and see our own child, if the ability of someone else’s child to grow is inextricably linked to our own future. What choices would we make if we actually believed that we were making? …and we witnessed indescribable devastation. First of all, not the first time, but the last few months he has been on October 7th. We cannot look away from what happened and the deaths that occurred, the sheer brutality of humans, the sexual violence used as a weapon of war, and the elderly. , small babies and children are being taken away, and we cannot turn a blind eye to such unjust violence and brutality. However, we cannot turn our eyes away from the devastation we have seen since then. There’s an acronym they use in Gaza that basically means “wounded child without family.” ”
He added, “What I do know is that death and devastation will not end, even if death and devastation increases. So we have to go our separate ways. And somehow… I hope that people on both sides of that divide can all draw on the best parts of our faith and moral traditions as we consider the meaning of Ramadan, Passover, and the upcoming Easter. I hope that we can draw on these traditions and find a path to a two-state solution that puts children at the center and respects the humanity of Palestinian children and Israeli children. I am.”
Mr Warnock added: This is a terrorist organization bent on destroying Israel, and I take that seriously. But if the legacy of the October 7 attacks continues to escalate violence, Hamas will already have won. Hamas is more than just an organization. In fact, I think ideologies are far more dangerous and far more deadly than organizations, especially now. It is an ideology that runs deeper than any of the tunnels under Gaza, and somehow we have to destroy that mindset. ”
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