US Congressman Randy Fine suggests Palestinians should be destroyed first'

"When you are dealing with a group of people who continually call for the destruction of the State of Israel, who are OK with signs that say, Jews may not enter these areas', we want to be free of Jews, how do you make peace with that? Fine asked Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, during the hearing. How do you create a long-term solution with that? Or is there another way that we have to go?"

"Klein who previously used the slur filthy Arab and called for profiling Muslims in the US said Islam needs to undergo a reformation and accept Israel as a Jewish state. Nobody wants to talk about it. They're afraid of being called Islamophobic, Klein said. Fine interrupted, saying, I'm not afraid of that. The Republican US congressman, who represents a district in the state of Florida, then doubled down on his volatile rhetoric. I don't know how you make peace with those who seek your destruction. I think you destroy them first, he said."

Representative Randy Fine declared he is not afraid to be called Islamophobic and suggested destroying Palestinians who seek Israel's destruction. Fine cited a false claim that Israelis are banned from parts of the occupied West Bank, while the Israeli military posts signs warning settlers against entering Palestinian towns for safety. Settlers, often armed and protected by Israeli forces, regularly storm and ransack Palestinian villages, and at least two US citizens were killed in settler attacks this year. Morton Klein called for Islam to undergo a reformation and to accept Israel as a Jewish state and said people fear being called Islamophobic. Fine asked how to make peace with those who seek Israel's destruction and said, "I think you destroy them first." A United Nations convention defines genocide as acts committed with intent.

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