On Tuesday's broadcast of MSNBC's “Too Soon,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) responded to the Biden-Harris administration's push for a ceasefire and hostage agreement in the Middle East by saying, “We need to be held accountable.” Not,” he said. Israel. The responsibility and pressure should be on Hamas. “Violence is raging across the region because Israel does not want to coexist with terrorists in the south, north, and east who murder, take hostages, and use rape as a weapon of war. ”
“Secretary of State Antony Blinken just arrived this morning and we showed him footage of him driving in Israel a little while ago,” said host and POLITICO White House bureau chief Jonathan Lemire. The regime is hoping that the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar could trigger a ceasefire and hostage release deal, but Prime Minister Netanyahu does not appear to have any intention of ending hostilities, at least for now. What are your hopes here with this visit and the Biden administration, which has been desperately seeking this agreement in recent months?”
Auchincloss replied: “Israel should not be responsible. The responsibility and pressure should be on Hamas, the organization that killed 1,200 innocent civilians on October 7th and then took them hostage. But violence is swirling throughout the region, as Israel does not want to coexist with terrorists in the south, north, and east who commit murder, take hostages, and use rape as a means of war. As violence swirls in the region, peace could swirl throughout the region if Hamas's new leadership simply and unconditionally releases these hostages from the tunnels of terror where they have been held for the last year. be.”
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