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Mike Lawler: “Hamas is a terrorist organization, period. The idea that Israel is an oppressor is a joke. The only oppressor of the…”

On the recordOctober 18, 2023
Hamas is a terrorist organization, period. The idea that Israel is an oppressor is a joke. The only oppressor of the Palestinian people is Hamas and the PA.
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Mike Lawler
Republican · New York

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Lawler asserts that Hamas, not Israel, oppresses Palestinians and labels Hamas as a terrorist group.

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