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Two U.S. Democratic Senators Slam Gaza 'Ethnic Cleansing' in Report on Israel Visit
The report details systematic destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure and blockade of aid, resulting in over 90% of homes damaged and widespread displacement, U.S. military aid implicated.
- Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley published a 21-page report accusing the Netanyahu administration of carrying out a US-supported strategy aimed at forcibly displacing Palestinians from Gaza.
- The plan involves a dual strategy of systematically destroying infrastructure while deliberately obstructing food and humanitarian aid to force Palestinians to leave Gaza.
- Their report highlights widespread destruction in Gaza, with over 90% of homes damaged, critical hospitals closed, and disruptions to water and sanitation, worsening living conditions.
- Van Hollen criticized the Netanyahu administration for extending its actions beyond Hamas and effectively punishing the entire population of Gaza, and he committed to ending the United States’ role in facilitating this crisis.
- The senators called on the global community to enforce sanctions and increase pressure to halt the ethnic cleansing, while UNICEF highlighted that 20% of children in Gaza are currently experiencing severe malnutrition.
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Senators say US complicit in Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza
The Israeli government is implementing a US-backed plan to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian territory’s population, two American Senators who visited the region last month have said. Democrat Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley’s seven-day visit last month included stops in Egypt, Israel, the occupied West Bank, and Jordan. They spoke to reporters about their trip during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington D.C. on Thursday…
US Senators Praised for Report on US Complicity in Israel's Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza
The Council on American-Islamic Relations commended Sens. Jeff Merkley and Chris Van Hollen for a new report about US complicity in Israel's ethnic cleansing campaign in the Gaza Strip and urged congressional action.
Israel's plan is to systematically destroy and ethnically cleanse the Gaza Strip – and the United States is complicit. That is the "inevitable conclusion" of two Democratic senators after a visit to the Middle East.
US senators denounce Gaza 'ethnic cleansing,' urge end to US 'complicity'
'From our trip, from our observations, from our firsthand accounts, it's clear that the Netanyahu government has gone far beyond targeting Hamas to imposing collective punishment,' says Sen. Chris Van Hollen - Anadolu Ajansı
Two U.S. Democratic senators slam Gaza 'ethnic cleansing' in report on Israel visit
Senators Merkley and Van Hollen wrote that, 'The weight of the evidence indicates that Netanyahu fears the end of the war will bring more public scrutiny of and accountability for his actions leading up to October 7'
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