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A Democratic senator criticized Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday for evaluating these protesting Israel’s struggle in opposition to Hamas to Hamas sympathizers – solely to be shocked by “disturbing” pro-Hamas cheers hours later.
“The speech was extra a commentary of U.S. politics, reasonably than a path ahead for Israeli and U.S. safety,” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., mentioned in an X submit after Netanyahu’s deal with to a joint session of Congress, which had introduced 1000’s of anti-Israel protesters to Washington, D.C.
“The suggestion that any American who objects to the humanitarian disaster in Gaza is a Hamas sympathizer was means out of bounds,” Murphy mentioned.
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A professional-Palestinian demonstrator sprays graffiti on Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain at Union Station on the day of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s deal with to Congress in Washington, D.C., July 24, 2024. (Reuters/Nathan Howard)
Anti-Israel demonstrators descended on Washington, D.C., on Wednesday in response to the deal with by Netanyahu, who had launched a counterattack in opposition to the phobia group after the grotesque terror assault on Israel in October 2023. Protesters have mentioned that Israel’s response has been disproportionate and led to mass civilian casualties.
However a minimum of one demonstrator, whose face was lined, was noticed by Fox Information carrying what gave the impression to be the flag of the terrorist group Hamas, whereas others had been heard shouting “allahu Akbar.”
At Union Station, agitators burned an American flag and vandalized a Christopher Columbus statue with the phrases “Hamas is coming.” In addition they took down an American flag and flew the Palestinian flag as a substitute.
The crowds additionally chanted “Free Palestine” and “From the river to the ocean…,” an antisemitic phrase that requires the elimination of the state of Israel.
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Sen. Chris Murphy talks to reporters, on the Capitol, June 22, 2022. (AP Photograph/J. Scott Applewhite)
In his remarks, Netanyahu took purpose at “many anti-Israel protesters” who he mentioned “select to face with evil.”
“They stand with Hamas. They stand with rapists and murderers. They stand with individuals who got here into the kibbutzim, into a house, the mother and father hid the youngsters, the 2 infants, within the attic, in a secret attic. They murdered the household, the mother and father, they discovered the key latch to the hidden attic after which they murdered the infants,” he mentioned. “These protesters stand with them. They need to be ashamed of themselves.”
Hours later, as pictures emerged of the anti-Israel protests in Washington, D.C., Murphy condemned the pro-Hamas help he was seeing.
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“I’ve seen some disturbing pictures popping out of at present’s protests on the Capitol. I’ll at all times help Individuals exercising their First Modification rights however pro-Hamas cheers and messages of hate and antisemitism don’t have any place in our nation. Interval,” he mentioned.
The obvious distinction in statements introduced criticism from some conservatives on-line.
Anti-Israel protesters march close to the U.S. Capitol as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint assembly of Congress on July 24, 2024. (Andrew Thomas/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
“Chris Murphy was shocked to study that the protests saliently characteristic Hamas help. Unsure the place he’s been all 12 months,” Max Abrahms, an affiliate professor at Northeastern College, mentioned on X. “He’s supposedly a global safety professional.”
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“Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) was outraged by Netanyahu’s suggestion that the protesters had been Hamas sympathizers,” Joel Petlin, a college superintendent and commentator, mentioned. “A number of hours later, he was disturbed to seek out out that the protesters that he defended had been truly Hamas sympathizers.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to Murphy’s workplace.
Fox Information’ Danielle Wallace and Brie Stimson contributed to this report.
Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox Information Digital, primarily protecting immigration and border safety.
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