Article 6FZJJ Middle East Expert Lara Friedman: If Netanyahu Cared About Hostages, Why Did He Launch Ground Invasion?

Middle East Expert Lara Friedman: If Netanyahu Cared About Hostages, Why Did He Launch Ground Invasion?

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We look at the reluctance in Congress to censure Israel despite growing grassroots pressure for a ceasefire in Gaza. The narrative on both sides of the aisle is mostly about the right of Israel to defend itself," says Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace. Congress has bought, completely, the framing which says that any Palestinian that dies in Gaza ... that's all on Hamas." Friedman explains how the normalization of the racist Kahanist movement by Israel and the U.S. helped lead to today's crisis, and lays out Israel's approach to the ongoing hostage situation in Gaza.

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