Almost 70 Democrats Call for US to Open Pathways for Palestinian Refugees

A man carries a propane gas cylinder while walking through debris littering a street in the Jabalia refugee area in Gaza City on Oct. 11, 2023, on the fifth day of battles between terrorist group Hamas and Israel. Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images

Sixty-nine Democratic lawmakers have urged the departments of State and Homeland Security to accept more Palestinian refugees fleeing the war in Gaza.

“In the eight months since the horrific Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas and the commencement of Israel’s military response, conditions in the Palestinian territories have greatly deteriorated,” the lawmakers wrote in a June 20 letter.