Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) called some of his colleagues’ quickness to blame Israel for the hospital blast in Gaza “disturbing” in a statement Wednesday.

“It’s truly disturbing that Members of Congress rushed to blame Israel for the hospital tragedy in Gaza,” Fetterman said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

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    1 year ago

    The group defending themselves from missile attacks assumes no blame here. That’s straight up victim blaming.

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      1 year ago

      Just to be clear, I’m not trying to blame anyone. I’m saying it seems pretty clear that neither side intended to hit the hospital.

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        1 year ago

        Russia did not intend to blow a civilian plane out of the sky when they first invaded Ukraine either.

        I don’t think Hamas did this intentional but they certainly tried to blame it on Israel.

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          Yes, both sides are waging a war in an area densely populated with civilians, and innocent people are dying. Everyone sucks here, as is often the case in war.

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            1 year ago

            The people who did not start the war are not to blame for the war.

            This is like saying Ukraine should be trading land for peace talks