Former Rep. Pete King, appearing Sunday on Newsmax, said pro-Palestinian demonstrators are being “hypocritical” for staying silent while Israelis and even some Gazans celebrate a new peace deal and the release of hostages.
“They have no sense of history,” the New York Republican said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Weekend.” “If anyone should be in any way identifying with the Palestinians after what happened on Oct. 7, or if they had any sense of history at all, you would also have to acknowledge that Israel existed and its people would not tolerate that.”
King said Palestinian leadership has repeatedly rejected peace, adding that responsibility for the ongoing conflict “lies totally with the Palestinians.”
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