Sen. Elizabeth Warren claimed Friday that there is “sufficient evidence” that Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza.
“It’s wrong to starve civilian children to death because you want to do your bidding. It’s wrong to drop 2,000-pound bombs on densely populated civilian areas,” said the Massachusetts Democrat. asked at an event at the Islamic Center of Boston if he believed Israel was committing genocide.
“I think we can have a more effective discussion by explaining the actions that are occurring and why we believe they are right or wrong,” Warren continued. Video posted on X By GBH News reporter.
The senator said that for her, “it’s much more important to say that what Israel is doing is wrong” than to legally argue “what constitutes genocide.”
But when a questioner pressed her to say “yes or no,” and some in the audience accused her of “avoiding the question,” Warren said that Israel could be charged by the United Nations Supreme Court with: said that it was high. She committed genocide in Gaza.
“If they want to do it as an application of the law, they will find it to be genocide, and they have sufficient evidence to do so,” the Massachusetts Democratic Party said in a lawsuit filed in an international tribunal. He said this in reference to a war crimes lawsuit filed against him. Court of Justice in The Hague.
“What I’m saying is, we’re trying to get people past the debate around labels and look at the actions on the ground,” Warren explained. There is a reluctance to call Israel’s military actions against terrorist organizations genocide.
The progressive senator’s initial support for Israel in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack on the Jewish state drew criticism from the left, with several anti-Israel groups staging a raid in front of his office and hundreds of people. He led a protest by employees. calls for ceasefire in Gaza.
She first began withdrawing her support for Israel in January, when she said in X insisted.
Warren told CNN last week that she would move to block the sale of U.S. fighter jets to Israel after an Israeli airstrike on Gaza killed seven aid workers.
“I think it’s clear that Congress has a responsibility to act,” she said. “We have legal tools here. And, like I said, we cannot approve arms sales to countries that violate our own laws. That includes access to humanitarian relief. I will.”
Israel has vowed to fight Hamas until the terrorist organization is eliminated and more than 100 hostages held in Gaza are freed.
The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry claims more than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war began. The ministry does not distinguish between terrorist deaths and civilian deaths.
