We Stand with the People of Israel.

Over the past two weeks, Hamas has launched over 4,000 rockets
aimed at Israeli population centers, forcing millions of people into
bomb shelters every night and causing unimaginable destruction,
trauma and the deaths of innocent civilians. Israel, like all nations,
has the right to protect itself from terrorism and defend her people.

For Hamas, this is not about evictions, annexation, or statehood; nor
is it about building a better future for Palestinians. Hamas’s victims
include the Palestinian people who have suffered for years under the
regime’s violence, corrupt leadership and disturbing human rights
violations, including using children as human shields and launching
rockets at civilian targets from schools and hospitals for their own
political benefit.

We will always stand with the right of the Jewish people to live and
to thrive, especially in their ancestral homeland in Israel.

We pray that the new ceasefire will hold and calm will soon be
restored in the region. We extend our prayers for recovery to all
those injured and mourn for all innocent lives lost. We join with
those ever-yearning for a more peaceful, secure, and just future for
all living in the region and around the world.

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MAY 27, 2021
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