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Mar 28, 2024 ∞

This is the kind of response I get when I email or call "my" representatives in congress: A screenshot of a reply from a US senator, The text reads: Dear Denny,Thank you for contacting me regarding the ongoing conflict in Israel. Your correspondence significantly informs my decision-making and better helps me represent the state. I continue to strongly condemn Hamas' attack on Israel. The brutal events of Hamas' barbaric assault left thousands dead and wounded, including American citizens. Make no mistake about it: these were coordinated terrorist attacks from a fanatical jihadist organization. Israel has every right to defend itself, and the U.S. must fully support our strongest ally and closest friend in the Middle East. This is especially important given Hamas' clear ties to the world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism, Iran. I fear that their bloody fingerprints are all over these horrifying tragic events. I am proud to continue supporting Israel in its time of need. More than one hundred hostages, including Americans, continue to suffer unthinkable horrors at the hands of terrorists - being beaten, raped, and tortured in tunnels without ever seeing the light of day. I am sure now, as ever, that Israel must root out this evil. I also have major concerns about corruption and support for terrorism within civilian organizations in Gaza, particularly the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Recent intelligence, widely reported, shows that ten percent of UNRWA employees have ties to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. That amounts to more than 1,200 UNRWA members sowing the seeds of terrorism and antisemitism throughout Gaza. The reports found that 12 UNRWA members actually participated in the savage October 7 attacks. I was glad to support the freeze in U.S. funding of UNRWA; it is disgraceful to think about the hate and violence fostered by UNRWA. Again, thank you for contacting me about this issue; I am proud to continue supporting Israel in this time of need. If you have any other concerns, or need help with a federal agency, please do not hesitate to reach out to my office it is an honor to serve as your voice in the Senate. Very Truly Yours, Eric S. Schmitt

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Videos of malnourished children show Gaza’s forced starvation crisis | Al Jazeera Newsfeed - YouTube

Starvation is getting worse in north Gaza where 31% of children under the age of 2 are suffering from acute malnutrition, a percentage which has doubled since January.

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