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Fetterman Says If We Want Peace, Israel Needs to Be Able to Destroy Hamas

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Fetterman Says If We Want Peace, Israel Needs to Be Able to Destroy Hamas
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue greets Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman at the Commemoration Ceremony on the fifth anniversary of the Tree of Life synagogue attack, in Pittsburgh, Pa., on on Oct. 27, 2023. The shooting, the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history, left 11 dead after a gunman stormed a synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood. Justin Merriman/Getty Images
Salena Zito
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PITTSBURGH—Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) has emerged as one of the most reliable supporters of the Jewish community in his hometown, which is located a handful of miles from where the deadliest massacre of Jews happened in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh five years ago. This support is changing how many in the state see him.

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.
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