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madaboutharry

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1. He also reportedly had this to say:

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Sat Apr 2, 2022, 05:14 AM

Apr 2022

WASHINGTON — An Amnesty International official reportedly said that the organization is opposed to Israel continuing to exist as a Jewish state.

Paul O’Brien, the human rights monitor’s US director, later said his comments were taken out of context.

“We are opposed to the idea — and this, I think, is an existential part of the debate — that Israel should be preserved as a state for the Jewish people,” O’Brien reportedly said in a luncheon with the Women’s National Democratic Club in Washington.

It is kind of sad that it doesn't come as a surprise that people in these positions hold these views. I don't believe his walk back.

Politics is like a circle, if you go far enough to the left you will meet up with the far right.

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He also reportedly had this to say: madaboutharry Apr 2022 #1