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An anti-Israel activist says the Gaza war, launched by Hamas terrorists against Israeli civilians last Oct. 7 when 1,200 victims were butchered, often in horrific fashion, is about American genocide.

It is the Middle East Media Research Institute that has identified the video.

The comments are from Hussam Ayloush, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Affairs Los Angeles chapter.

During a sermon at the UCLA anti-Israel student encampment on April 26, 2024, he said, "It is as much an American genocide as it is an Israeli genocide."

Ayloush, also a California Democratic Party delegate, said, "This is as much an American genocide as it is an Israeli genocide. After all, it is our F-16s and F-35s, it is our two-ton bombs, it is our billions and billions – tens of billions of dollars, now of taxpayers money. It is our veto power that continues to support and provide cover for this genocide."

The terrorists of Hamas who slaughtered Israeli civilians immediately after started claiming it was a "genocide" for Israel to dispatch its military to work to eliminate the threat of terror from Hamas, based in Gaza. Anti-Israel radicals across America, in fact, have adopted that messaging, despite the fact it was Hamas that attacked Israel.