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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday reiterated her description of the Israeli military's actions in Gaza as a 'forced famine' and pushed back on the Netanyahu government's claim that it is targeting militants who carried out the October 7 attack.
com/48W73D3bsT — HalalFlow March 24, 2024 In a social media post following her CNN appearance, Ocasio-Cortez wrote that 'starving a million innocent people to death by halting and slowing U.S. humanitarian assistance is a massive, deliberate choice.' The post came in response to criticism from the Anti-Defamation League , which has been described as 'Israel's Attack Dog in the U.S.
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