At event in Iowa, governor conflates Palestinian civilians with Hamas, the terrorist group that attacked Israel a week ago
Highlights:
“We cannot accept people from Gaza into this country as refugees,” he said. “If you look how they behave … not all of them are Hamas but they are all antisemitic, none of them believe in Israel’s right to exist.”
Last week, the Florida governor described a pro-Palestine demonstration in Tampa and a “Victory to Palestine” event in Fort Lauderdale as “abhorrent”.
The New York Post reported on Saturday that House Republicans had introduced new legislation to prevent the United States from accepting any new Palestinian refugees who might be fleeing the crisis in Gaza.
Part of me almost agrees with this horrible, fascist, racist.
On the one hand, we should support Palestinian refugees and allow them to enter the US. On the other hand, it is very hard to tell who is a member of or supports Hamas, by their own design.
However, anyone in or supporting Hamas is likely to stay in Palestine/the Middle East in order to fight their war. So it’s a non-issue to have Palestinians enter the US.