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| 2025-01-18 | |
shouting questions at Blinken about why he had kept "the bombs flowing when we had a deal in May?"
The men were upset that a cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel had not been reached sooner, accusing Blinken of "genocide" and being a "criminal." Writer and activist Sam Husseini had to be dragged out of the event by security. Another reporter, Grayzone News' Max Blumenthal, left more peacefully but still had to be escorted out after shouting questions at Blinken about why he had kept "the bombs flowing when we had a deal in May?" "You pontificate about a free press?" Husseini erupted. "I'm asking questions after being told by Matt Miller that he will not answer my questions, and so I ask them. Wasn't – wasn’t the point of the May 31st statement to block the ICJ orders? You blocked the ICJ orders!" Blumenthal questioned Blinken on why he had allowed "the Holocaust of our time," as he was escorted out, but that didn't stop the uproar. Blinken kept trying to get back on course amid the interruption, at one point asking people to "respect the process," but Husseini refused. "Oh, respect the process?" Husseini yelled as he was being carried away. "Respect the process while everybody – everybody from the International – from Amnesty International to the ICJ’s saying that Israel’s doing genocide and extermination, and you’re telling me to respect the process. Criminal! Why aren’t you in The Hague?" Three security guards ultimately had to grab Husseini in an attempt to remove him from the room. Husseini shouted as he clasped the table he was sitting at while he continued shouting at Blinken: "You're hurting me! You're hurting me!" "Really? How does this feel?" The United States, Egypt, Qatar, Israel and Hamas agreed this week to a cease-fire deal – the basis of which was proposed by President Joe Biden in May. Israel still has to fully ratify the agreement, but it is a three-phase process that is expected to commence as early as Sunday. The deal marks the first reprieve in fighting since a short truce took place in November 2023, but fighting resumed several days later with both sides arguing violations of the agreed upon deal. "Three hundred reporters in Gaza were on the receiving end of your bombs. Why did you keep the bombs flowing when we had a deal?" Blumenthal shouted at Blinken, after the secretary of state thanked members for their "hard questions" during the past four years of his tenure. "You all knew we had a deal. Everyone in this room knows we had a deal, Tony, and you kept the bombs flowing." A spokesperson for the State Department told Fox News Digital that it is committed to advancing press freedom and values the opportunity to regularly communicate with members of the press. But they said the State Department also follows agency norms, which posit that anyone attending department press briefings must act in a professional manner, observe restrictions that may be laid out in advance and not impede other speakers. Related: Antony Blinken 01/16/2025 Breakdown of negotiations and peacekeepers bringing war: Western media admit the obvious Antony Blinken 01/16/2025 Hamas and Israel Ready for Deal, But Not Thinking of Stopping Antony Blinken 01/15/2025 Israelis head to streets to rally for and against brewing hostage deal that may come today or tomorrow | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 Worst "holocaust"/"genocide" ever. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2025-01-18 15:28 |
| #1 "Three hundred reporters in Gaza were on the receiving end of your bombs..." Well that's a start. Perhaps Sam Husseini should report from there. |
| Posted by: Glusomp Spealet4328 2025-01-18 05:18 |