Cory Booker Hid in Hotel Stairwell ‘Bomb Shelter’ as Israel Was Attacked
Cory Booker Hid in Hotel Stairwell ‘Bomb Shelter’ as Israel Was Attacked
Cory Booker Hid in Hotel Stairwell ‘Bomb Shelter’ as Israel Was Attacked
Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has said he is “shaken and angered” while describing his experience in Israel after Hamas, a Palestinian extremist group, launched a deadly attack near the Gaza border over the weekend.
Spokespeople for Booker and Rep. Dan Goldman, both Democrats, had earlier confirmed that the lawmakers were in Israel as the attack unfolded. Both left the country safely shortly after the attacks began, their offices said.
Booker was scheduled to speak at a summit on the Abraham Accords on Tuesday and arrived in Israel on Friday before the event.
On Sunday, Booker posted a video describing his experience to X, formerly known as Twitter, saying that while he and his team are now safe, “like many we are shaken, angered, and heartbroken by the hundreds killed, the thousands injured, those taken hostage, and all who are directly affected by these sickening terrorist attacks.”
The ignorance is just so depressing. All these politicians want is to go back to the status quo last week of Palestinians literally starving and Palestinians dying every week out of their sight, this time they didn’t even bother to say some meaningless words about feeling sad for the Palestinian civilian death toll.
Want Gazan to stop starving? Ban aid from Gaza from going to their leadership's offshore accounts.
How's about we give them their homes and land back for starters
there's always a good excuse to watch other people suffer
Take a look at Israel's blockade policy first. I'm not saying Hamas is the role model for governments everywhere, but the blockade causes actual resource scarcity.
Completely non-functional solution. The (starving) people of Gaza aren't allowed to vote in any kind of election.