Sputnik International By John Miles
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) apparently implicated himself during a speech from the floor of the Senate where he blasted those who “orchestrate” Israeli violence.
Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) delivered a stirring speech Monday accusing Israel of “war crimes” before voting to send the country $14 billion in military aid.
“The president must demand that the Netanyahu government immediately allow more food and water, and other lifesaving supplies into Gaza and make sure it reaches the children and other people who are starving,” said the Maryland lawmaker on the floor of the Senate.
“Kids in Gaza are now dying from the deliberate withholding of food,” he added. “In addition to the horror of that news, one other thing is true. That is a war crime. It is a textbook war crime. And that makes those who orchestrate it war criminals.”
“He has just confessed to being a war criminal,” author Robert Fantina wryly noted, responding to Van Hollen’s rhetoric during an appearance on Sputnik’s The Critical Hour program Wednesday.
“He’s stated how what’s happening is starvation,” the journalist added. “Children are starving to death. This is just… horrible and it’s a war crime, and he has chosen to finance it.”
Van Hollen defended his apparently contradictory action by noting the legislation included funds for humanitarian aid in Gaza and other global conflict zones. The bill also set aside some $60 billion for the US-backed Ukrainian proxy war against Russia, which Democrats have been eager to support even as the Kiev regime faces likely military and political collapse.
The withholding of food from Gazans isn’t the only Israeli war crime being discussed in recent days, with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir reportedly calling for Palestinian women and children approaching Gaza’s border to be shot on sight during a contentious meeting with the IDF chief of staff Sunday…
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