Pro-Israel Dem says those who won't decry Hamas over Oct. 7 attack 'have no business' posing as humanitarians

Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres declared that those who will not condemn Hamas over the heinous actions perpetrated on Oct. 7, 2023 "have no business" describing themselves as humanitarians.

Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., during an interview in New York, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The congressman has been a strong voice of support for Israel.

"The singular stumbling block to ending the war is the terrorist organization that barbarically began it: Hamas. Scapegoating Israel is so second nature to the international community that Hamas’ role in precipitating and perpetuating the war has been all but forgotten," Torres wrote on X earlier this month.

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Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., speaks during 'March For Israel' at the National Mall on Nov. 14, 2023 in Washington, D.C.  (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

In another post on X this month he opined that "Antisemitism is the deadliest disease ever to afflict the human heart."

In a post last month, he asserted, "If Israel is the sole country in the Middle East—indeed the world—for which you reserve the label ‘apartheid’—then your use of the term is probably propagandistic rather than principled and your purpose is not constructive criticism but the destructive delegitimation of Israel as a Jewish State."

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Torres has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since early 2021.

Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.

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