EXCERPT:
OCASIO-CORTEZ: "I would say that the United States, our responsibility is to the stability and the security of the region. That means being able to support — not — support, yes, Israel and its defensive capacities, right, and its ability in that context, 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."