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September 12, 2025

Sens. Van Hollen and Merkley Say U.S. Is Complicit in Israel's Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians
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On Capitol Hill, Democratic Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley
released a report Thursday accusing the Israeli government of
"collective punishment" and "ethnic cleansing" in Gaza. The senators
recently returned from a humanitarian fact-finding mission to the Rafah
and Kerem Shalom border crossings into Gaza; they also visited the
occupied West Bank and Jordan. This is Senator Van Hollen.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen: "From our trip, from our observations, from our
firsthand accounts, it's clear that the Netanyahu government has gone
far beyond targeting Hamas to imposing collective punishment on all the
people of Gaza. The title of our report is 'The Netanyahu Government Is
Implementing a Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza of Palestinians. America
Is Complicit. The World Must Stop It.'"



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