Ro Khanna Rejects Hamas Oct. 7 as Legitimate Resistance After 1,200 Killed
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Updated · Algemeiner · Jul 15
Ro Khanna Rejects Hamas Oct. 7 as Legitimate Resistance After 1,200 Killed
3 articles · Updated · Algemeiner · Jul 15
Summary
Ro Khanna drew backlash from the political left after telling Drop Site News he would not call Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 assault legitimate resistance, instead labeling it a terrorist attack.
Repeated questioning from Drop Site co-founder Jeremy Scahill centered on whether Palestinians had a right to kill Israeli soldiers; Khanna answered that Hamas had no right to attack soldiers or civilians and said violence would not advance peace.
The attack killed about 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostages, while Hamas also overran civilian communities and a music festival and fired rockets at Israeli population centers.
Khanna still accused Israel of genocide and has become one of Democrats’ sharpest critics of the country, leaving the episode to highlight widening party tensions between pro-Israel voters and progressive activists.