mark ruffalo: “[flotilla members] taken in international territory illegally. then charged, illegally, on a ship as terrorists. where are the acts of terror? bringing food and medical supplies to a people under genocide, apartheid living in an illegally occupied land? the terrorists here are clear.”
hasan piker: “10% of democratic party constituents believe that there should be restrictions on abortion. would you talk about the issue of abortion… with this kind of wishy-washy… language? you wouldn’t, because that would be ridiculous, so, why do you do that for israel?… it’s also a 90/10 issue."
hasan piker: “this is a tough pill to swallow for everyone, on both sides, but there is a de facto one state, and that sovereign state is an apartheid state; it’s the state of israel. so, i think it's a much more productive way to tackle this issue, as an end to the occupation and… to the apartheid"
mallory mcmorrow: “i do believe that it meets the definition [of genocide], what i also heard in response from many of my constituents who had family that they lost in the holocaust; there is such a personal, visceral reaction to that word that moves us apart from each other” (this is bullshit btw)