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On the recordMay 16, 2021
I wish that people would listen to the Palestinian voices on the ground, to talk to the mothers who try to put their children next to them, because, if they die, they want to die together, to talk about a son who was buried with his mother, and he watched his mother die because they -- as they were buried under the rubble, she was taking her last breaths. And he said, 'Please don’t leave me.'
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan
Source
msnbc.com

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Rashida Tlaib emphasizes the human toll of the violence in Gaza and the need to listen to Palestinian voices.

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