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(NewsNation) — Rep. Steven Cohen, D-Tenn., believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is putting a higher precedence connected his ain vocation than redeeming the lives of those inactive being held by Hamas.
On Saturday, the bodies of six hostages were recovered successful tunnels nether Gaza. Protests erupted successful Israel and astir the satellite pursuing the development, with hopeless pleas to extremity the warfare and unafraid a cease-fire deal astatine the bosom of the demonstrations.
Many person pointed to Netanyahu and his refusal to judge a woody arsenic the crushed for the tragedy, but the premier curate pushed back.
He publically blamed Hamas and emphasized his extremity of "total victory," which galore took arsenic a motion that nary woody volition beryllium reached anytime soon.
“Instead of being the Mr. Security helium wants to be, oregon the Mr. Economy… He is really being Mr. Abandonment. Everybody astir is really saying that helium is the 1 to sabotage each the deals that President Biden and the American government are leading,” Efrat Machikawa, who had 5 household members taken hostage by Hamas, said connected “NewsNation Now.”
That sabotage, Cohen believes, is owed to selfishness.
"The information is, Netanyahu is simply a batch similar Trump. He has to triumph oregon he'll astir apt spell to jail, and he's looking retired for his ain self-interest," Cohen said, referencing a felony corruption case that has been sidelined arsenic the Israel-Hamas warfare escalated.
Netanyahu faces myriad bribery, fraud and breach of spot charges, which could onshore him successful situation eventually.
"I don't truly spot Netanyahu astatine all. He's a person who's astatine hazard for losing his liberty, and helium volition bash anything," Cohen added.
The congressman emphasized the request for "an end" to the war, including figuring retired who volition govern Gaza and however each families tin heal.
"I don't deliberation that Israel tin proceed arsenic a state with warfare coming connected each sides, from Iran and Houthis and Hezbollah arsenic good arsenic Hamas. They request to get peace, and they request to person long-standing bid and support the Israeli people," helium said.
