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On the recordAugust 2, 2025
The world’s silence about the deliberate starvation of Israelis and Jews — at the hands of Hamas and Islamic Jihad — is as deafening as its hypocrisy.
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Ritchie Torres
Democratic · New York

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Torres's criticism of global inaction regarding the treatment of hostages by Hamas.

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