PNN – Former US President Bill Clinton, in a strange statement in support of the crimes of the Zionist regime, claimed that Israel was “forced” to kill civilians in Gaza.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network from “Al Jazeera English”, these statements of Clinton have led to widespread criticism of him among American Muslims.
Clinton said at a rally in support of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in Michigan, a key state with a large Muslim population that Democrats are trying to woo, that he understands people’s concern about the carnage in Gaza, but Israel has had no choice but to inflict heavy casualties on civilians.
He claimed: Hamas is fully protected. If you try to defend yourself, Hamas will make sure you kill civilians.
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Clinton also announced in another part of his claims that it was the Israelis who were first present “in the Holy Land”, which also caused controversy.
Arab and Muslim American leaders criticized Clinton for disrespecting Muslim communities, whose votes Democrats hope to attract in the Nov. 5 election.
Robert S. McCaw, director of government affairs at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said in a statement: Bill Clinton’s callous and lying attempt to justify the Israeli government’s attacks on civilians in Gaza was as insulting as it was Islamophobic.
The occupying regime of Quds has started a devastating war against the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023. During this period, 70% of the houses and infrastructures of the Gaza Strip have been severely destroyed in this war, and the miserable siege and severe humanitarian crisis, along with the unprecedented famine and hunger, threaten the lives of the residents of this area.
Despite all these crimes, the Israeli regime has admitted that after about 13 months of war, it has not yet been able to achieve its goals of this war, which is to destroy the Hamas movement and return its prisoners from the Gaza Strip.
According to the announcement of the Gaza Ministry of Health, the number of martyrs of the Gaza war has reached 43 thousand 61 people, and 101 thousand 223 people have been injured.