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Senator Fetterman: We Need to Eliminate Iran's Nuclear Facilities

(Israel Hayom) Ariel Kahana - Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.), on his second visit to Israel since the war began in October, is one of Israel's most passionate defenders in Congress. We meet for an interview at a hotel in Jerusalem, where American guests who recognize him enthusiastically applaud. Fetterman describes his encounters with Israeli war widows and rescue pilots. "Courage is raising eight children after your husband died defending Israel. Courage is rescuing wounded soldiers....Now Israel has been forced to return to a kind of war in Gaza, and that's because Hamas doesn't want peace. Everyone understands that all they have left is to hold the hostages, these poor people in tunnels. And it's outrageous." Fetterman wholeheartedly supports the tough line President Trump is leading against manifestations of antisemitism on campuses. "Politically it's very dangerous as a Democrat to support what President Trump did to punish Columbia University when he stopped a budget of $400 million to prevent these things. But I completely support it. Freedom of expression is not mob rule that sets up tent cities to create chaos and terrorize Jewish students." He also criticized the Palestinian Authority: "Israel doesn't pay pensions to people who kill innocent civilians, which itself is disgusting. Israel doesn't aim weapons at civilians and doesn't intentionally harm them. This is also part of the distortions and lies of the media as if Israel is trying to starve Palestinians." Regarding Iran, Fetterman says: "We need to eliminate what remains of their nuclear facilities. Yes, blow it up. I support that and I think there is truly a once-in-a-generation opportunity to do it....I don't think one can really conduct effective negotiations with this regime."
2025-03-25 00:00:00
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