Fetterman says anti-Israel campus protests ‘working against peace' in Middle East, not putting hostages first

Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman said that he believes the hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7 should be leading the conversation.

Fetterman said anti-Israel protests on college campuses are not helping achieve peace in the Middle East. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/File)

Fetterman went on to say that he does not support any kind of conditions being placed on Israel, and instead he put responsibility for the current situation entirely on Hamas.

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"The situation could end right now if Hamas just surrendered and they just sent all of those hostages home again," the senator said. "That’s also a thing that I’ve been frustrated, too, is that those hostages should really be in front of the conversations about the situation in Gaza. Sending them home would really, again, end all of this immediately."

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The war in Gaza began after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel in which the terrorist organization killed 1,200 people and took about 250 people hostage.

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