Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) dropped a message on Friday to mark the beginning of Passover next week and weighed in on the Israel-Hamas war.
With a somber Passover approaching, I remain committed to speaking about this travesty and acknowledge there can’t be true lasting peace until the hostages are home,” Fetterman wrote on his X account, which has become well-known for his cutting political messages.
“We must never forget Hamas owns this entire catastrophe and can end this. Send them all home and surrender,” Fetterman added while also sharing a clip of him delivering similar remarks in front of a wall in his office covered in posters representing hostages still in Hamas custody:
I’m here in my office and all of these hostages, they’ve been up on our walls for over six months, and that’s exactly where they’re going to stay until everyone is brought back home. And I’ll never understand why we’re not talking about that more, and why there’s not more stories about that in the media.
We don’t even know exactly where they are and if they are even okay. It’s very clear that we always make sure that we always talk about this and demand that and make sure until every last one is accounted for and brought back home. Because anyone [who] wants peace, we have to do this. And remember that if Hamas would just send everybody home and surrender all of the death, destruction and misery in Gaza would end right now. Our office will never stop talking about this until everyone is brought back home.
Fetterman’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war has put him at odds with many in the progressive base of his party, who have shifted away from President Joe Biden as well over his staunch support of Israel. The Israeli campaign in Gaza against Hamas has left tens of thousands dead, many of whom are civilians, and led to a humanitarian crisis as over a million people have been displaced.
Watch the clip above.
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