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In my first post, I shared videos and photos from the last 48 hours. They have no idea what they've ignited in me. If they thought my husband's mission was big before, they have no clue. I will ensure that everyone will never forget my husband, Charlie Kirk.
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In her first social media post, Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s wife, posts video and photos from the last 48 hours and she adds: “They have no idea what they just ignited within this wife. If they thought my husband's mission was big now…you have no idea. You. All of you. Will never. Ever. Forget my husband Charlie Kirk I'll make sure of it.”
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Speaker 0: Oh, I love you. I love you. I love you. Love you. You so much.
I love you. I love you. God God bless you.
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NEWS TMZ has obtained a security camera video of the person of interest in the Charlie Kirk assassination. In the video you can see the man walking towards the campus prior to the shooting. https://t.co/4chQ8QNI0V
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I was shocked to learn that Adam Schleifer, a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, was fired, reportedly at the White House's direction. He was leading the prosecution of Andrew Wiederhorn, a wealthy Trump donor, who faced serious charges for hiding income through fraudulent loans. Wiederhorn's legal team pushed hard for the charges to be dropped and criticized Schleifer as biased. His termination came abruptly via a brief email, and notably, it followed public calls for his ouster. This level of White House involvement in prosecutorial decisions is unprecedented.
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BREAKING A career federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, Adam Schleifer, was abruptly fired—reportedly at the direction of the White House—after leading the prosecution of Andrew Wiederhorn, a wealthy Trump donor and former CEO of the company behind Fatburger and Johnny Rockets. A grand jury indicted Wiederhorn on charges of hiding millions in income through sham shareholder loans used to pay for private jets, luxury cars, and jewelry. Wiederhorn’s legal team, which includes former Trump-aligned officials, aggressively lobbied the DOJ to drop the charges and personally attacked Schleifer as biased. Then, without involvement from his direct supervisor, Schleifer received a one-line email stating he was terminated “on behalf of President Donald J. Trump.” The firing came shortly after Laura Loomer publicly demanded his ouster, citing Schleifer’s past tweets about Trump. Schleifer’s tweets were posted prior to Schleifer being hired by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. While it is normal for U.S. Attorneys to resign after a new president takes office, direct interference by the White House in the employment of line prosecutors is unprecedented. Full Story: https://bit.ly/3QUKkhp
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BREAKING Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was accidentally included in a Signal group chat with top Trump administration officials, where top-secret war plans related to Yemen were shared. Full Story: https://bit.ly/4c4hqW2
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The president is conditioning federal aid for Los Angeles by demanding that California pass a voter ID law. https://t.co/IMVLbNadqo
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I want two key changes for Los Angeles: voter ID and the release of water. Voter ID will ensure that everyone has the chance to vote, and I believe the people of California want this. Additionally, water needs to flow into Los Angeles and the surrounding farmland, which is currently dry due to artificial restrictions. The land here has great potential, similar to Iowa's fertile land, but it’s being held back. Implementing voter ID and releasing water are my priorities, and I assure you that help will come from the U.S. Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you soon.
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Speaker 0: Funding to Los Angeles because of its sanctuary city policy. I wanna see 2 things in Los Angeles. Voter ID, so that the people have a chance to vote, and I wanna see the water be released and come down into Los Angeles and throughout the state. Those are the two things. After that, I will be the greatest president that California ever has ever seen.
I want the water to come down and come down to Los Angeles and also go out to all the farmland that's barren and dry. You know, they have land that they say is the equivalent of the land in Iowa, which is about as good as there is anywhere on Earth. The problem is it's artificial because they artificially stop the water from going onto the land. So I want 2 things. I want voter ID for the people of California, and they all want it.
Right now, you have no you don't have voter ID. People wanna have voter identification. You wanna have proof of citizenship. Ideally, you have one day voting. But I just want voter ideas to start, and I want the water to be released.
And they're gonna get a lot of help from the US. Thank you very much. I'll see you in a little while. We'll see you at the site.
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Jackie G, my favorite lip reader, just posted this on Obama and Bush. LMAO @tismejackieg https://t.co/nhIRdjy2uu
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CNN has obtained footage of Diddy physically assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie. Kimora Lee Simmons has previously spoken out about Diddy's behavior, but her warnings were either dismissed or criticized. Diddy even threatened to harm her while she was pregnant. This is a significant story reported by @EWagmeister and @TheSandraG.
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BREAKING CNN has obtained footage of Diddy repeatedly beating his then girlfriend Cassie in a hotel hallway. I want to note that Kimora Lee Simmons has warned people about Diddy’s conduct for years, and she has either been attacked for doing so or ignored. Diddy also threatened to hit her when she was pregnant. Major story by @EWagmeister @TheSandraG
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Sean Diddy Combs was caught on surveillance video assaulting his then girlfriend, Cassie Ventura in a hotel hallway in 2016. The video shows Combs yelling, throwing objects, kicking Ventura, and dragging her. Ventura filed a lawsuit referencing the incident, which was settled. Combs' attorney denies wrongdoing, while Ventura's attorney condemns his behavior as disturbing and predatory. This video adds to a series of lawsuits alleging Combs' involvement in sex trafficking and abuse, which he denies. Ventura has not commented on the video. Combs has stated that the allegations against him are false. CNN has reached out to Combs' representatives for comment.
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Speaker 0: Of abuse against music mogul, Sean Diddy Combs. The video captured on multiple cameras shows Combs assaulting his then girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in a hallway at a Los Angeles hotel in March 2016. A lawsuit filed by Ventura in November last year and settled the next day reference actions that seem to match those seen in this video. There is no audio. According to the complaint, Combs became extremely intoxicated and punched miss Ventura in the face, giving her a black eye, which according to the lawsuit, prompted Ventura to try and leave the hotel room.
The surveillance video obtained by CNN begins as she enters the hallway. The complaint says as she exited, mister Combs awoke and began screaming at miss Ventura. He followed her into the hallway of the hotel while yelling at her. The complaint goes on to say he grabbed her and then took glass vases in the hallway and threw them at her. In the surveillance video, Combs can be seen grabbing Ventura and throwing her to the ground.
As Ventura lies on the ground, Combs then kicks her twice and attempts to drag her on the floor back to the hotel room. Ventura is seen picking up a hotel phone. Combs seems to walk back to the hotel room, then returns and appears to shove her in a corner. Moments later, he can be seen throwing an object in her direction. According to Ventura's now settled lawsuit, the pair began dating several years after they met in 2,005.
They parted ways in 2019. Combs' attorney said the decision to settle was in no way an admission of wrongdoing. Ventura declined to comment on the video, but her attorney told CNN the gut wrenching video has only further confirmed the disturbing and predatory behavior of mister Combs. Words cannot express the courage and fortitude that miss Ventura has shown in coming forward to bring this to light. The video hasn't been seen publicly before and comes on the heels of a series of civil lawsuits alleging Combs' involvement in sex trafficking and sexual abuse, allegations Combs has repeatedly denied.
In a December 2023 statement, Combs responded to the claims in all the lawsuits saying, sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday. Let me be absolutely clear. I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. CNN has reached out to representatives for Combs for comment.
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The White House strongly condemns calls for violence and intimidation against Jewish students at Columbia University, labeling them as blatantly Antisemitic and dangerous. They emphasize that such rhetoric has no place on any college campus or in the United States, particularly in light of recent attacks against the Jewish community.
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NEWS The White House has issued a statement on the situation at Columbia University: “While every American has the right to peaceful protest, calls for violence and physical intimidation targeting Jewish students and the Jewish community are blatantly Antisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous – they have absolutely no place on any college campus, or anywhere in the United States of America. And echoing the rhetoric of terrorist organizations, especially in the wake of the worst massacre committed against the Jewish people since the Holocaust, is despicable. We condemn these statements in the strongest terms.” via @AndrewJBates46
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Actor and comic Tiffany Haddish is headed to Israel. Haddish, who is Jewish, says she’s going to Israel “to learn and see with my own eyes.” https://t.co/71HdcWFP5a
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I'm flying business class to Israel for an educational trip, not a vacation. I want to see the historical sites and learn about the region firsthand. I'm curious and skeptical of what I see online, so I'm going to investigate and share my findings. I'll be documenting my journey and sharing insights along the way. Goodnight, I'm looking forward to some rest.
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Speaker 0: And I've been more baby. Awesome. Just on the airplane. Business class. On my way to SBI.
I'm sorry, Yamaneika. I'm sorry, Dominica. I'm going without you. I'm sorry. I'm gonna go meet my future man out there.
I'm out. I'm out. Going to the holy land. I suggest you all do it. Why go?
Why not go? Why not? It's orange juice. It's not a mimosa. Champagne gave me the I would never do that to these people.
Just orange juice. It's just it's real orange juice, I think. It might come back a little too much, baby. On my way to I can't I can't believe everything I see on the Internet. I can't believe everything everybody's saying to me on the Internet.
I need to go see for myself. I'm one of those people. I'm sleepy as hell. I'm about to be asleep this whole flight. I've been up all night, and I'm asleep the whole 16 hours, and I'm a go see for myself.
I'm a go see. I'm a go see all of it. I'm a ask questions, see with my own eyes. Mhmm. Because I don't believe everything.
You know? Social media be saying I I know a lot of stuff on social media be not true because I just wanna see it. Yeah. Yeah. I didn't even open it.
It. Yeah. I know a lot of stuff be on on this on this social media not true because I see stuff people say about me, and I live my life. I'm living my life, and I'm like, that's not what I said. That's not true.
So before I get to speaking on stuff because I've heard from people that live there on both sides of the gate. Now I'm a go see. This is not champagne. Champagne, first of all, don't come in the cup like this. Damn.
That's a little Caesar salad right there. Delicious. So I wanna go see, and then I'm a tell y'all what I think. I'm a go see with my own eyes. Because what I what what I saw online, I did not like.
And I know a lot of people that have gone. So many people have gone, and they've come back alive. They've come back fine. So I wanna go see. I wanna go see.
And we gonna see what it is. And I and I'll show y'all some of it while I'm there. But I'm a go talk I'm a go talk to people. I wanna find out why why is this happening? Why is this going down?
Just like I went to Eritrea, which I will be back there. I'll be back there. I got my I got my 2% too. Trying to figure out how to get it in my damn bank account. Some of y'all might not know this, but I'm a I'm a, I'm a citizen in Eritrea, paying my taxes and all that.
I got a little bank account out there, but can't put no money in it. Yes. I'm here, I guess. Guess. I gotta figure that part out.
Oh, she's sleepy. Look at this. She's sleepy, sleepy. I got my face tape, though. I'm a put my face tape on.
Be here to. I'm a be I ain't gonna be like that because look at look at this. I brought snacks. I brought snacks and then there's my little electrolyte stuff. No.
This is the electrolyte. This is colostrum. Amen. And then I I got some little candies and stuff. This is when I'm ready to start reading, I got my little energy, my little yellow stinger energy, gummies, and and, and then when I'm when I'm when I'm right before I go to sleep, I'm a type my mouth.
And I'm being here to sleep. I'm being here to sleep. I'm asleep for who said I wasn't going to Gaza? I said I'm going to go see with my own eyes. Gotta go to Israel first.
And isn't God for in Israel? Ain't it all on the same continent? The same little piece of land? Same surrounded by water? The flight is 16 hours long, y'all.
And I'm gonna take that mouth. I'm a I'm a take my forehead. Oh, yeah. I'm on my way. I'm on my way there, Tammy.
I'm coming. I'm on my way, and I'm gonna be sleep. It's how I sleep at night. Put that KT phone. That KT tape on it.
Knocked out. So I'm a go see. I'm a be a C and S. Mhmm. Because everybody talking talking all this mess, but ain't never been nowhere.
Ain't even been there. Talking like you know everything that's going on. Like, you live there. Don't even live there. I'm about the people that live there that's doing they thing.
I did clean my nail. Oh, no. I think it's some chicken. I just came off my raw food diet. That was a little piece of grilled chicken.
And I was picking that up with my bare hands. Anyways, I am gonna be snoring because I've been up for hours. I was I didn't go I don't think I even went to bed last night. No. I went to bed.
Mine didn't go to bed a bit. Like, I was, like, folding clothes, and I was supposed to fly out yesterday. But that's that's a long story. That's a long story. And I'm on the plane now.
And yeah. So it wasn't chicken. I didn't ask. I was I was picking the food because I like to eat my food like how Africans eat food, like how East Africans eat food. I like to eat it, I guess, some ramjata, some bread, you know, sop it up on my hands.
Sure. It's not it's not just Africans that eat food that way, but that's where I learned it from. And that's how I like my food the best. It's it tastes the best that way, but look at the other. Fool on the plane.
It's so sad that I'm talking like, what? That I wanna go see? Well, I'm a drink some more water before I fall asleep. I'm a finish this orange juice first. I'm a see 16 hour flight.
You know I'm gonna see my Ethiopian Jews. Should've put my scarf on, but I'm nice and toasty in. I'm a go see my people, though. Be safe. Y'all be safe.
Thank you. Yeah. What's that? I'll take this. Oh, no.
No. No. No. No. No.
No. That's mine. Take this. Take this. I'll take this again.
No way. Thank you. She tried to take my mouth tape. She said I'll take this. No.
No. No. You won't. I need my mouth tape. I'm on my way to Tel Aviv, and I'll be all over the continent.
Y'all be safe, and I'll be tuning back in with more. I'm gonna go to sleep. Night night for a good day. It's raining out here in LA. And I'm a take my mouth shut and sleep good so I'm not snoring on this flight.
Breathe through your nose. Can you breathe through your nose when you sleep? That's your body heal faster. Keeps you young. This right here, so I could tell I ain't been asleep.
I'm gonna go to bed. And this and the way it is the way this plane is set up. The way this plane is set up. We gotta we gotta pick the take off. So what up, Ernesto?
I miss you so much. Hey. Yep. I'm on my way to the holy land. Somebody says it's vacation or work.
This is history lesson. This is, sociology. This is education. This is a educational trip for me. I wanna go get educated.
I wanna see what's really going on. I wanna learn how it started, why it started. I wanna see where Jesus walked. I wanna see I wanna see all the stuff everywhere they talked about in the Bible. I wanted to see that.
I wanna see all that. So if it's in the Bible, I'm probably gonna be there. It's in the Torah, which is the first part of the King James Bible. That's where I'm about to go. That's where I'm about to go.
I'm about to go get educated. So bye. See you guys later. I'll check back in and let you know what I've learned up to a certain point. Night night.
Oh, I can't wait to go to sleep.
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Last night the Oakland City Council voted on a resolution to call for a ceasefire. A city council member tried to insert language condemning Hamas. This was the reaction… https://t.co/r7aTb2mkrQ
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Speaker 0 supports Palestinians' right to resist occupation through Hamas, while Speaker 1 argues against labeling Hamas as a terrorist organization. Speaker 1 believes condemning Hamas is racist and plays into genocidal propaganda. Speaker 0 accuses those opposing the resolution of being old white supremacists. Both speakers mention the killing of Palestinians on October 7th, with Speaker 1 claiming it was not a massacre of Jews but rather the result of IDF actions. Speaker 1 defends Hamas as a resistance organization fighting for Palestinian liberation. Claims of beheaded babies and mass rape are dismissed as atrocity propaganda.
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Speaker 0: There's not been beheadings of babies and rapings. Israel murdered their own people on October 7th.
Speaker 1: Calling Hamas a terrorist organization is ridiculous, racist, and plays into genocidal propaganda that is flooding our media and that we should be doing everything possible to combat.
Speaker 0: I support the right of Palestinians to resist occupation, including through Hamas, The armed wing of the unified Palestinian resistance. As an Arab, asking with this context to condemn Hamas is very anti Arab racist.
Speaker 1: The notion that this was a massacre of Jews is a fabricated narrative. Many of those killed on October 7th ma'am, your time is up. Including children were killed by the IDF. An amendment condemning Hamas is bald propaganda meant to thank you. Your time is up.
To hear them complain about Hamas violence It's like listening to a wife beater complain when his wife finally stands up and fights back.
Speaker 0: Question. Did anyone else notice that those who oppose this resolution are old white supremacists.
Speaker 1: There's been a lot of atrocity propaganda ranging from claims of beheaded babies to mass rape. Hamas is not a terrorist organization just because the US and Israel, deemed it so. Hamas is a resistance Organization that is fighting for the liberation of Palestinian people in their land.
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In the past 24 hours, numerous TikToks have emerged featuring people discussing their recent reading of Bin Laden's "Letter to America." These videos, shared across various social media platforms, have prompted individuals from diverse backgrounds to reevaluate their perspectives on terrorism as a form of resistance against hostile powers. The Guardian initially posted the letter but removed it after the TikToks gained traction, fueling conspiracy theories about media censorship. This incident has sparked even more interest in the letter and its contents.
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Over the past 24 hours, thousands of TikToks (at least) have been posted where people share how they just read Bin Laden’s infamous "Letter to America," in which he explained why he attacked the United States. The TikToks are from people of all ages, races, ethnicities, and backgrounds. Many of them say that reading the letter has opened their eyes, and they’ll never see geopolitical matters the same way again. Many of them — and I have watched a lot — say it has made them reevaluate their perspective on how what is often labeled as terrorism can be a legitimate form of resistance to a hostile power. This is not limited to TikTok; similar videos have been posted on other social media platforms. The Guardian had a copy of “Letter to America” posted, but once these TikToks went viral, the Guardian took it down, which has only led to more interest in the letter and conspiracies from TikTokers who say this is part of the media and the powers that control it trying to silence the truth.
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The speakers in the video are urging viewers to read Osama bin Laden's letter to America and share their thoughts. They express shock and a sense of disillusionment after reading the letter, claiming that it has changed their perspective on life and the country. Some speakers mention going through an existential crisis and feeling the need to discuss the letter with others. One speaker highlights the idea that terrorism stems from the failure of governments, while another emphasizes the role of propaganda. Overall, they encourage viewers to read the letter and expect it to be mind-blowing.
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Speaker 0: This morning, I read Letter to America, which is Osama bin Laden's letter to America explaining why he attacked Americans. And I am ashamed to say that I not only have never read this letter, but I didn't even know this letter existed. It's wild, and everyone should read it. If you haven't read it yet, read it. However, be forewarned that this has left me very disillusioned.
And I feel the same exact way I felt when I was deconstructing Christianity. I feel, a little bit just confused. Like, I have entered into another timeline. What is this? And yeah.
So go read it.
Speaker 1: So I just read a letter to America, and I will never look at Life the same. I will never look at this country the same. I will never I please Read it. And if you have read it, let me know if you are also going through an existential crisis in this very moment. Because in the last 20 minutes, my entire viewpoint on the entire life I have believed and I have lived has changed.
Please read that entire letter.
Speaker 2: Everyone, stop what they're doing right now and go read. It's literally 2 pages. Go read a letter to America, And please come back here and just let me know what you think because I feel like I'm going through, like, an existential crisis right now, and a lot of people are. So I just need someone else to be feeling this joke.
Speaker 3: I need you to stop what you're doing and go read a letter to America. It is literally the craziest thing I've read in a while. And while I say that I'm that surprised. I am pretty shocked. So go read it and tell me what you think because I really also need to talk to other people about this.
And actually, before you even read the letter, I did wanna mention, in reading the letter, I could only think of this tweet that I saw the other day. Under settler colonialism, any kind of resistance is branded as terrorist because the only acceptable violence is violence by the occupier.
Speaker 4: So this is fucking insane. I just read Osama bin Laden's letter to America, which I will be going through right here, but It's actually so mind fucking to me that terrorism has been sold as this idea to the American people and, honestly, just so many western inhabitants within certain nations that this group of people, this random group of people just suddenly wakes one day and just fucking hates you. Just wants you dead, wants you gone, and this is all because they believe that they're better than like, that is the root of terrorism. It's doesn't make sense. They just Hate your fucking nation, but reading this letter, it becomes apparent to me that the actions of 9/11 and those acts committed against the USA and its People were all just the buildup of our government failing other nations.
Of these situations, and this letter was insanely eye opening. I really urge everybody to Google and read it because I thought that I had Quite a lot of media literacy, but this takes it to a whole another fucking level where I was just like, holy shit. Like, propaganda is genuinely so deeply embedded into our fucking DNA.
Speaker 2: Red alert to America. You're probably waking up.
Speaker 4: You probably have a lot of questions. Welcome to the club.
Speaker 2: But we don't have a lot of time to sit and talk about everything because there's still so many puzzle pieces that we just do not know about.
Speaker 5: Go read a letter to America. Like, seriously, go read it. Type a letter to America in Google or whatever you use, then come right back because this makes a lot more sense. It explains so much. And I guarantee you it's going to blow your mind.
And let's talk about it. So go read it. Come back. It's a lot. It's a lot.
Faith does not
Speaker 3: oh my god. Oh my god.
Speaker 6: Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey.
Speaker 7: Are you even paying attention to me right now?
Speaker 3: I read Osama bin Laden's letter to America.
Speaker 8: The way this letter is going viral right now is giving me the greatest sense of relief. If you're Muslim and you've lived in the US since 911, you know more truth than the typical citizen. Now it's all coming to light because of Palestine.
Speaker 6: Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey.
Speaker 7: Are you even paying attention to me right now?
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Hillary Clinton on the Israelis and the Palestinians today on The View. Covers everything from Hamas to humanitarian pauses to Yasser Arafat to Anwar Sadat. https://t.co/1aYd2RFBUe
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Hamas broke the ceasefire on October 6th through their violent actions against civilians. They have consistently broken ceasefires and are committed to eliminating Israel. Israel has the right to defend itself, just as Ukraine has the right to defend against Russia's invasion. Israel should limit civilian casualties and follow the laws of war. The Biden administration's idea of humanitarian pauses should be considered, allowing innocent civilians to be released and humanitarian aid to be delivered. The current situation with Israeli ground troops in Gaza presents an opportunity for these pauses. Former President Obama's statement about collective responsibility applies to the long and complicated history of the conflict. It is important to separate the Palestinians who seek peace from Hamas, which seeks to destroy Israel. Efforts should be made to dislodge Hamas and work towards a two-state solution. The examples of Egypt and Jordan making peace agreements with Israel show that there is hope for peace.
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Speaker 0: But remember, there was a ceasefire on October 6th that Hamas broke by their barbaric, assault on peaceful civilians, and their kidnapping, their killing, their beheading, their terrible, inhumane, savagery, there was a ceasefire. It did not hold because Hamas chose to break it. So you have to keep several things in your head at the same time, and that is, number 1, Hamas is a terrorist organization. It has made very clear it is committed to, the elimination of the state of Israel, and it has consistently broken ceasefires over a number of years. Israel has a right to defend itself as any country would.
Ukraine has a right to defend itself against an invasion, an unlawful, inhumane invasion by Russia. And Israel should conduct itself by the laws of war and do everything it can to prevent and limit civilian casualties. Those 3 things are all true themselves. And so when I said a couple of weeks ago that it wasn't time for a ceasefire because it would enable Hamas to rearm and reposition, because I I've been to Gaza, and Gaza is a highly populated urban environment. And what has been going on now for a number of years under Hamas rule is the building of over 200 miles of tunnels under Gaza, the storing of munitions, all kinds of explosives under hospitals, under refugee camps, under civilian targets, the use of civilians, as really just tools of war, by Hamas, That has all been going on.
And so when I said you could not have a ceasefire, people didn't understand that Hamas would use it for their own purposes, I think we're now moving toward a position where the idea of these humanitarian pauses that the Biden administration has been promoting are now, I think, on the table and should be. And what would that mean? Well, First of all, let's remember over 240 innocent people, not just Israelis, people from other countries. The the 2nd biggest number of people taken by Hamas are workers from Thailand who are working in agriculture. So this is a multinational hostage situation, a humanitarian pause would enable 2 things to happen if Hamas would agree, and that is let the hostages go.
Yeah. These are innocent civilian people. They should not be held as, you know, captives to Hamas and let in more humanitarian aid that actually gets where it's intended, not into the hands of Hamas. So if we work on all of that, I think it's possible, given where the the current situation is, because the Israelis are now in Gaza with ground troops. They have cut off the north from the south, they have surrounded Gaza City, which is the central command structure of the Hamas, militants.
So I think now would be a good time to consider doing that. But a ceasefire done prematurely benefits, those who do not abide by any laws, by any rules, by any human, you know, character value about the value of life. So that was not it was much too premature. Now I think the pauses should be considered.
Speaker 1: Right. Right.
Speaker 2: Well, let me ask you this because, the ceasefire option or at least the humanitarian pauses is is a very popular concept, not only in this country, but around the world because we're seeing the death of at least 10,000 innocent Palestinian civilians, and half of those are half of those are, children. Yeah. Mhmm. So former president Obama said, quote, and you and and collective punishment is against international human rights law. So former president Obama said, quote, if you want
Speaker 1: to solve the problem, then you have take in the whole truth.
Speaker 2: And you then have to admit nobody's hands are clean here, that all of us are complicit to some degree. Is that, in your view, a wake up call for Democrats? A lot of the international community agrees with him. Do you agree that the Israeli government as well as the US are part of the problem as well.
Speaker 0: Well, I think that the problem predates October 7th. And I think that's what president Obama was talking about because let's remember, This is a very long and complicated history. Yeah. My husband, with the Israeli government at the time in 2000, offered a Palestinian state to the Palestinians at that time, run by Arafat, Nasser Arafat. PLO and the PLO, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, which, by the way, took out of its charter violence against Israel.
So you got to separate the Palestinians who believe that there is some future of peace with Hamas, which believes it has to destroy Israel. Yeah. Those are 2 different organizations, and they have to be viewed in that way. Arafat turned that down. There would have been a Palestinian state now for 23 years if he had not walked away from it.
There was another attempt when I was secretary of state to try to, you know, bring the Palestinians and the Israelis together. That didn't work out. Israel left Gaza in 2005 just and and forcibly ejected 50,000 Israelis who were living in Gaza. They left all of their infrastructure. They had a big infrastructure of greenhouses where they were supplying fruits, vegetables, flowers, etcetera.
And pal you know, the Palestinians deserved to have a productive, successful economy in Gaza. Hamas came in and basically destroyed all of that and killed a lot of other Palestinians. So I think when president Obama says that, it requires us to look at the history. And, of course, history holds all of us accountable. Yeah.
And that is a fair statement. But today, we have to look at where we are. And I believe it's perative, since we have had numerous ceasefires with Hamas, all of which they have violated, to try finally to dislodge Hamas and allow the Palestinians to have other leadership that will actually once again work for a two state solution, which it should be the outcome sum that we all hope and pray for. Absolutely.
Speaker 1: Yeah. You know, it's what's funny, the biggest deal when I think about all of this is, you know, I I think about Anwar Sadat. He for me, he was he was a beacon. If you don't know who he was, look him up. He was somebody who felt That there was a better way for everybody to exist in Israel.
Speaker 0: Whoopi, can I say something? Because that's a really important point. So, you know, Israel and Egypt fought wars. That's part of this complex history that people need to educate ourselves about. And after finding wars, Sadat went to Israel and made peace with the then current Israeli government.
Weapon. And that ended. And that's why you see the current Egyptian government working to try to get supplies into Gaza to try to get civilians and and foreign nationals and wounded people out of Gaza. So there's a working relationship now between Egypt and Israel. Jordan and Israel made a peace agreement.
I was there to see that happen. So it's people should not get hopeless. There is hope, but you have to remove from the scene terrorists like Hamas who don't believe in peace. They don't believe in it for their own people. They are using their own people as shields, and they don't believe that it's possible to do with Israel.
Let's try to have people who can lead us to peace.