When asked by an activist whether he would push for a ceasefire in Gaza, Senator Marco Rubio indicated that he wants Israel to “destroy all Hamas elements they can get their hands on,” describing the terrorists as “ferocious animals who committed horrible crimes.” “.
When asked about the civilians killed, Rubio said he blames Hamas, which “should stop hiding behind civilians, putting them in the way.”
CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin, who appears to have been the activist asking Rubio questions in the video, shared footage of the exchange. tweeting“Today we meet with Senator Rubio. He wants Israel to continue bombing Gaza until they ‘destroy all elements of Hamas’. He doesn’t get it: bombing creates MORE resistance. There will never be peace in Israel until there is justice for the Palestinians” .
Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas praised Rubio for making the comments: “Serious kudos to @marcorubio for blatantly telling the truth here. #BlameHamas.”
Rubio espoused the same view last month, shortly after Hamas terrorists carried out heinous atrocities in Israel.
“Hamas exists for one reason only: to eliminate the Jewish State of Israel. So Israel has only one option in response to yesterday’s barbaric attack: the permanent elimination of Hamas. Anyone who demands that Israel not ‘escalate’ or calls for a ‘ cease-fire is either out of touch with this unfortunate reality or sympathetic to Hamas,” Rubio said. tweeted in October.
«Can there not be a ceasefire, a negotiated solution or a peaceful coexistence with depraved barbarians who murder teenage girls, children and the elderly and then throw them into the streets of Gaza so that bloodthirsty crowds can desecrate their bodies? Hamas must be eradicated and Israel must respond DISPROPORTIONATELY to this and any future attacks by any enemy,” he stated. wrote last month.
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