Watch: AOC Argues US Should Stop Israel’s ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ to Protect Human Rights

Democratic Rep. 👤Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York accused 🇮🇱Israel of “ethnic cleansing” as it strikes back against 🏴Hamas after last weekend’s brutal terrorist attacks.

“The United States’ responsibility is to human rights. That means supporting the safety of the Israeli people and preventing the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians,” she said in a Thursday post on X.

In an accompanying video, she said, “Our responsibility is to the stability and the security of the region. That means being able to support — support, yes — 🇮🇱Israel in its defensive capacities.”

“But it also means that the United States has a responsibility to ensure accountability to human rights to prevent the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and to ensure that horrors do not happen in the names of victims who do not want their tragedy used to justify further violence and injustice.”

On Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez twice used the term “ethnic cleansing” to snipe at Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina after Graham called the conflict in the