Shock and tears: Hamas massacre film screened in Congress
Two weeks after the screening in the Knesset of the film of Hamas' atrocities on October 7, more lawmakers watched the film that includes very difficult documentation of the massacre committed by Hamas terrorists, this time in the United States. Hours before the giant pro-Israel rally in Washington on Tuesday , the Israeli Embassy in the United States screened the 47-minute film compiled by the IDF spokesman from body-cam footage and cell phone videos to about 150 members of Congress, both Republicans and Democrats.
The screening was organized by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and many members of Congress were very upset by the film, including those considered critical of Israel. US senators will have the opportunity to see a screening of the film on Thursday. The Jewish Insider site reported that the legislators left the hall in silence, looking shocked, with some crying and consoling each other. One of them, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., left the screening in tears less than five minutes after entering. Among those present was New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, from the party's progressive wing, who just a day earlier participated in a rally outside of Congress where she and her fellow progressive Squad members called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.
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Sanders has said several times that, despite his support for a cease-fire for humanitarian purposes, he "does not see how it is possible to reach a permanent cease-fire with an organization like Hamas, whose goal is to destroy the State of Israel. I think the Arab countries in the region understand that Hamas must disappear." Nevertheless, he attacked Israel's policy during a speech to members of Congress regarding the American aid package, and called on the White House to intervene immediately for a humanitarian cease-fire.
Sanders condemned Hamas and called the regime a "nightmare," but claimed that the Israeli occupation and the policies of the Netanyahu government led to the conditions that created the October 7 attack. "Israel has no right to bomb an entire neighborhood to eliminate one unit of Hamas, but that is what it is doing. Just as we want justice for Israelis murdered by Hamas, we want justice for the Palestinians, who need a state. The first step should be to stop the bombings and deliver as much aid as possible Humanitarian to Gaza," he said on Monday.
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