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Sheldon Whitehouse on Israel and Aid to Gaza
Sheldon Whitehouse · U.S. Senate, Rhode Island ·
Joint statement with Jack Reed on Israel and humanitarian aid to Gaza
“We must recognize Israel’s right to defend itself from murderous terrorists. We are also assured that President Biden has negotiated the flow of humanitarian aid to Gazans. We must minimize harm to innocent civilians in Gaza, even as Hamas uses Palestinian civilians as human shields.”
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Sheldon Whitehouse on Israel and Aid to Gaza. Congress Receipts, https://congressreceipts.com/statements/whitehouse-sheldon-israel-gaza-2023/. Original source: U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Oct 19, 2023, https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/reed-and-whitehouse-statement-on-the-situation-in-the-middle-east/.
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