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On the recordJuly 12, 2026
I saw the arrogance in the eyes of those settlers, 21- and 22-year-olds with guns, laughing that they had detained us, the arrogance of those young IDF soldiers that my tax dollars are funding – having no respect for the fact that they were detaining Americans, no respect that there was an American congressperson in that bus, and laughing when our translator told them that there are Americans there and the American embassy is concerned.
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Ro Khanna
Democratic · California

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Reflecting on the behavior of settlers and IDF soldiers during his detention.

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