'No drills in Israel': Activist recalls harrowing experience of being in area during Hamas attacks
Lizzy Savetsky, an Israel activist from the U.S., tells Dana Perino about her experience being in Israel during the surprise Hamas attack that provoked war in the Middle East.
An American activist blasted some "Squad" Democrats' calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East as war between the Israelis and Hamas militants reaches day three.
"I find that highly offensive," Lizzy Savetsky told FOX News' Dana Perino on Monday.
"And I think that anyone that is rallying in favor of this right now really needs to check their moral compass, because we're talking about innocent women who have been raped, paraded through the streets with blood coming down their legs. These images are the most horrific things that I've seen since Holocaust times. And for anyone to say that Israel did anything to deserve this is just insane."
U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) listen during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 15, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)
Savetsky, who was visiting Israel to celebrate the Jewish holiday Simchat Torah, fled after the attacks began.
Her criticism came after "Squad" members Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. condemned the attacks Saturday while making calls for a ceasefire.
"Today is devastating for all those seeking a lasting peace and respect for human rights in Israel and Palestine. I condemn Hamas’ attack in the strongest possible terms," Cortez said in a statement.
"No child and family should ever endure this kind of violence and fear, and this violence will not solve the ongoing oppression and occupation in the region. An immediate ceasefire and de-escalation is urgently needed to save lives," she continued.
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Omar, meanwhile, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, "I condemn the horrific acts we are seeing unfold today in Israel against children, women, the elderly, and the unarmed people who are being slaughtered and taken hostage by Hamas.
"Such senseless violence will only repeat the back and forth cycle we've seen, which we cannot allow to continue. We need to call for deescalation and ceasefire. I will keep advocating for peace and justice throughout the Middle East."
Reps. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Cori Bush, D-Mo., also called for a ceasefire.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he shows a slideshow during a briefing to ambassadors to Israel at the Hakirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel on May 19, 2021. The Israeli cabinet declared war for the first time since 1973 on Saturday. (SEBASTIAN SCHEINER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., meanwhile remained silent about the attack until Sunday when she released a statement to the Detroit News.
"I grieve the Palestinian and Israeli lives lost yesterday, today, and every day," the statement read. "As long as our country provides billions in unconditional funding to support the apartheid government, this heartbreaking cycle of violence will continue."
Savetsky responded to some "Squad" members' ceasefire calls by pointing to civilians' innocence.
"When did the Israelis fire? I'm missing something," she said. "How can people without weapons who are innocent civilians, children, old, elderly, an 85-year-old woman, a Holocaust survivor…? These people aren't armed, so I don't know what they mean by ceasefire."
As of Monday afternoon, at least 800 Israelis are reportedly dead and thousands remain injured after Hamas militants fired rockets into residential areas and took many Israelis as hostages.
The Israeli cabinet declared war for the first time since the Yom Kippur War of 1973 on Saturday.
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