Political Quotes

Sara Jacobs: “I condemn in the strongest terms Hamas' brutal and inexcusable attack, and I think Israel has the right to do everything…”

On the recordOctober 14, 2023
I condemn in the strongest terms Hamas' brutal and inexcusable attack, and I think Israel has the right to do everything it needs to do to protect its citizens and to make sure that something like this can never happen again while upholding the international rule of law and protecting civilians.
Said by
Sara Jacobs
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Sara Jacobs expresses her condemnation of Hamas' attack and supports Israel's right to defend itself while adhering to international law.

Share

More from Sara Jacobs

Jun 29, 2026

We weren’t being hysterical. We knew this would happen.

commondreams.org
Jul 20, 2026

In many cases, if you’re just supporting the military without doing the rest of the governance approach, you’re actually setting the conditions that make a coup more likely, not the opposite.

foreignpolicy.com
Jul 20, 2026

And that was a strategic mistake because when U.S. arms fall into the wrong hands, when militaries that we’re training, or are seen as assisting, commit abuses, that actually hurts our own interests and relationships with local populations.

foreignpolicy.com
Oct 2, 2026

No agency on Earth could fail eight audits and still get a $1.5 trillion check, except the Pentagon.

motherjones.com

Other voices in this conversation