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Democrat Blocks Resolution Condemning Student’s Praise of Hamas Attacks
Rachel Dobkin
October 19, 2023

Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, blocked Senator Josh Hawley’s resolution condemning “anti-Israel, pro-Hamas” rhetoric on college campuses. Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, tried to pass the resolution on Thursday through unanimous consent, but Van Hollen objected, saying that by passing the resolution, the Senate is “smearing all of the students who engaged in these protests,” which he called “wrong.” The college students’ statements against Israel came after Hamas led the deadliest Palestinian militant attack on Israel in history on October 7. READ MORE