On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Reports,” Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said that “the idea of innocent civilians being killed was such, at times, abandoned, and not following the tenants of armed conflict doesn’t help Israel in the long term,” and that we need a humanitarian pause so “we can show Israel’s ability to defend itself within the rules of war.”
Warner said that a humanitarian pause is in Israel’s interest “to make sure that we can show Israel’s ability to defend itself within the rules of war.”
He added, “I support Israel’s right to defend itself, but I think the idea of innocent civilians being killed was such, at times, abandoned, and not following the tenants of armed conflict doesn’t help Israel in the long term, and, obviously, breeds huge discontent in the region, in Europe, and, candidly, here in the United States as well.”
Host José Díaz-Balart then asked, “Senator, so, you are convinced that Israel is not following the tenants of war?”
Warner answered, “Listen, I think anyone from an outside standpoint — and you’ve clearly got Secretary Blinken…
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