Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has said he is “shaken and angered” while describing his experience in Israel after Hamas, a Palestinian extremist group, launched a deadly attack near the Gaza border over the weekend.
Spokespeople for Booker and Rep. Dan Goldman, both Democrats, had earlier confirmed that the lawmakers were in Israel as the attack unfolded. Both left the country safely shortly after the attacks began, their offices said.
Booker was scheduled to speak at a summit on the Abraham Accords on Tuesday and arrived in Israel on Friday before the event.
On Sunday, Booker posted a video describing his experience to X, formerly known as Twitter, saying that while he and his team are now safe, “like many we are shaken, angered, and heartbroken by the hundreds killed, the thousands injured, those taken hostage, and all who are directly affected by these sickening terrorist attacks.”
Take a look at Israel’s blockade policy first. I’m not saying Hamas is the role model for governments everywhere, but the blockade causes actual resource scarcity.
The blockade came in response to massive building of rockets instead of aid use for good.
You have it backwards. Israel announced the blockade in 2007 after Hamas won the election, then the rockets happened after.
The moment israel lift the blockade - hamas gets nukes/dirty bombs.
Let’s not kid anyone - the “resolution” to the conflict is that one side dies and the other surives, or the other 'resolution" that will never happen - both sides drop nationally backed religion doctrine, no one gets Jerusalem and no one gets religious sites - and jordan and egypt gives up more land so a 50/50 split will stay fair.
Knowing that none of the above will ever happen, expect the next 100 years to stay absolutely the same.
Why doesn’t Israel give up land for a 50/50 split? Anyway that aside, nobody’s been asking for a 50/50 split for a while now. You can look up the 2000 Camp David summit for a list of sticking points between Israel and Palestine.
Also Hamas has been getting weapons from Iran for ages and they haven’t used nukes to my knowledge, so I’m not sure where you got that from.
And more importantly, just because they somehow can’t lift the blockade doesn’t mean they need to block legitimate humanitarian aid. Actually go look up their blockade policies. Even if you believe a blockade is necessary, Israel’s implementation is absolutely fucked.