New York governor apologizes for implying it is 'Israel's right' to destroy Gaza

3 years ago by Collision Resistance to c/politics

CollisionResistance 37 points 3 years ago

U.S. would wipe out Canada if it conducted a Hamas-like attack, Kathy Hochul says

Wiping out a country, for the acts of a few. Makes sense.

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Steve 5 points 3 years ago

Wouldn’t be the first time, or the second.

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TylerDurdenJunior 15 points 3 years ago

All those Freudian slips

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iain 5 points 3 years ago

"If Canada someday ever attacked Buffalo, I'm sorry, my friends, there would be no Canada the next day,"

Palestine is Buffalo in this analogy, right?

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Linkerbaan 4 points 3 years ago

Said the quiet part out loud

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autotldr 2 points 3 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Kathy Hochul apologized on Friday for remarks she made at a Jewish philanthropy event in New York City that went viral on social media and suggested Israel had justification to destroy Gaza following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

"If Canada someday ever attacked Buffalo, I'm sorry, my friends, there would be no Canada the next day," Hochul said in a portion of her speech on Thursday at an event for the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of New York.

In a statement on Friday night, Hochul said she regretted "using an inappropriate analogy that I now realize could be hurtful to members of our community," and she apologized for her "poor choice of words."

"While I have been clear in my support of Israel's right to self-defence, I have also repeatedly said and continue to believe that Palestinian civilian casualties should be avoided and that more humanitarian aid must go to the people of Gaza," the governor said.

The humanitarian crisis has left Gaza's population of more than two million people on the brink of starvation.

Rights advocates have noted a rise in antisemitism, Islamophobia and anti-Arab bias in the U.S. since the start of the war, and protests demanding a ceasefire in Gaza have occurred in many cities.


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spider 2 points 3 years ago

She might just be covering her ass because of this.

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