‘You Stood With Us After 9/11, We Will Stand With You After Oct. 7’: Bill Cassidy To Netanyahu

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During a press conference on Wednesday, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) spoke about Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu’s address before Congress and Hamas' attack on Israel.

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00:01And I thank Benjamin Netanyahu for coming here to the United States.

00:07It's important for us to hear firsthand from the person who leads the nation that is on

00:11the line.

00:12I had the privilege, the responsibility, of going to Israel in the first congressional

00:18delegation after the attack.

00:21And the nation, which is kind of used to terrorism, was shocked by this.

00:26To put it in perspective, if you scaled up, our population is so much bigger than Israel's.

00:32They lost 1,300 people.

00:33That would have been the equivalent of 40,000 Americans dead in one attack, unprovoked,

00:42by someone who had been, if you will, making motions that they would be at peace.

00:46They had the same shock as we had after 9-11.

00:50And our message to Prime Minister Netanyahu is that you stood with us after 9-11, and

00:55we will stand with you after October the 7th.

00:59Now, Hamas targets civilians, children, infants.

01:02They are the ones who are the killers.

01:04In contrast, Israel wants to protect their people, and that's the difference.

01:08I cannot stress enough, there is no moral equivalency between Israel and Hamas.

01:15Hamas is the aggressor.

01:17They are the terrorists.

01:18They are those who even now embed their leadership within a civilian population, knowing that

01:23Israel, if they wish to take out that Hamas leadership, will be forced to have, that there

01:29might indeed be civilian deaths.

01:32But that is Hamas bringing upon those civilians.

01:35Now, that's not the only thing we're battling.

01:39There's anti-Semitism here in the United States, and we've seen this rampant anti-Semitism

01:44at colleges nationwide.

01:46No student should fear, as she or he walks around the campus, that they are endangered

01:52just because they're going to class.

01:53Now, these anti-Israel protesters are not singing Kumbaya.

02:00They are chanting slogans known to mean the obliteration of the nation of Israel.

02:06That's why we have introduced the Restoring Civility on Campus Act, ensuring that universities

02:11and the Biden-Harris administration immediately addresses civil rights complaints if a student

02:17experiences violence or harassment on a campus because of their heritage.

02:21I thank Senator Ernst for co-leading this bill, and I thank her as well for co-hosting

02:26this.

‘You Stood With Us After 9/11, We Will Stand With You After Oct. 7’: Bill Cassidy To Netanyahu

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