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WH: Responsibility For Gaza Deaths ‘Rests Squarely With Hamas’

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05.14.18 | 2:28 pm
TOPSHOT - A Palestinian man walks in the smoke billowing from burning tyres during clashes with Israeli forces along the border with the Gaza strip east of Khan Yunis on May 14, 2018, as Palestinians protest over the... TOPSHOT - A Palestinian man walks in the smoke billowing from burning tyres during clashes with Israeli forces along the border with the Gaza strip east of Khan Yunis on May 14, 2018, as Palestinians protest over the inauguration of the US embassy following its controversial move to Jerusalem. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House says responsibility for Gaza deaths ‘rests squarely with Hamas,’ supports Israel’s ‘right to defend itself’ .

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  1. No, the murder of Palestinians by Israel rests squarely with Donald and BiBi.

  2. Trump:

    “I only whacked the hornet’s nest after everyone warned me not to. Don’t blame me for people stung to death; blame the hornets!”

    “I only poured gasoline on the fire after everyone warned me not to. Don’t blame me for people burned alive; blame the fire!”

    “I only lit the dynamite after everyone warned me not to. Don’t blame me for people blown apart; blame the dynamite!”

    (Or something.)

  3. Sure, because Hamas and their supporters in Gaza have not unilaterally disarmed and protesters have not stayed 500 yards back from their Northern border as our UN Ambassador said they should. Did Nikki Haley offer the Palestinians anything if they stayed 500 yards back? Ha, ha, ha! No, of course not.

  4. A reporter this morning on scene in Gaza reported hearing heavy machine gun fire, rifle fire and TANK FIRE in the vicinity of the border. Self defense is one thing, but firing on unarmed civilians with tanks is insane.

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