MID-HUDSON – Rallies held in Kingston, Beacon, Poughkeepsie and Middletown on Sunday called for an end to what protestors say is Israel’s ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip.
One of the organizers, Mia Inouye attended the Middletown rally, and she believes Israel’s goal is not to eliminate the Hamas terrorist organization permanently.
“We know, first of all, what’s happening in Gaza right now, there no plan to get rid of Hamas. That is actually the strategy is that Israel is trying to make a land grab, and so we need to stop that, first of all, and stop the killing of civilians so that the Palestinian people can continue to pursue their own self-determination,” she said.
Given that Hamas’ goal is to destroy Israel, Inouye was asked if the Palestinian people should take up arms to rid Gaza of Hamas.
“I don’t have a position on that. As an American I don’t think that is our fight. I trust the Palestinian people to organize and to what the political organization is that can best represent them for self-determination.”
Meanwhile, Israel is said to be preparing a ground assault on Rafah.
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