All Countries Deserve to Defend Themselves, Including Creating Palestinian State
In an interview with ABC News on Monday, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D) responded to a question about funding for Iron Dome by saying, “Every country deserves to defend itself. And that includes, by the way, the creation of what I think we should create, which is a Palestinian state. They deserve to be able to defend themselves, too.” And we should support Ukraine’s defense, “just as we should help create the Palestinian state and ensure that innocent Palestinians do not lose their lives because terrorists commit terrorist acts.”
Host Linsey Davis asked, “And, as you know, a growing number of Democrats in Congress no longer support U.S. funding for defensive weapons aid, like Iron Dome, to Israel. What is your position on that?”
Pritzker responded: “Every country deserves to defend itself. And that includes, by the way, the creation of what I think we should create, which is a Palestinian state. They deserve to be able to defend themselves too. So whether the United States supports arms sales to different countries really depends on whether they are defensive or offensive. Let’s talk about Ukraine, for example, we should support Ukraine’s defenses, they are the ones who were attacked, just like we should help create the Palestinian State and ensure that innocent Palestinians do not lose their lives because terrorists commit terrorist acts.
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