.@AOC: “There has been virtually no acknowledgement in the United States House of Representatives about the extreme plight and continued human rights violations of the Palestinian people for years.”

"I think it helps to know where all the bathrooms are before you run for the U.S. House of Representatives, personally." @AOC jokes when asked about Representative Byron Donalds announcing his run for speaker of the House.

.@AOC on disagreeing with Chuck Schumer and other Democrats on Israel's response to the Israel-Hamas war: “It’s absolutely not a defense of Hamas in order to criticize this current approach, this indiscriminate, violent approach.”

.@AOC's response to concerns that Biden's stance on the Israel-Hamas war could be alienating some parts of his Democratic base ahead of 2024: "It is not sufficient and it has never been sufficient to say, 'well the other guy is worse.'"

.@AOC says it’s important to recognize “the asymmetry of what is going on, as well as the collective punishment of … the Palestinian people at this moment.” “War crimes do not constitute and are not an appropriate response for other war crimes.”

In his speech last night, President Biden compared the atrocities of Hamas in Israel to Russia in Ukraine, but the rest of the world might make a different comparison. Watch @mehdirhasan discuss on @allinwithchris how the international audience will react to Biden’s speech.

"When you see the images coming out of this conflict," @mehdirhasan says, "it’s hard not to lose faith in humanity." Yet some Israelis who lost the most are calling for peace. Watch Mehdi share their messages, which he says have "astonished me, and in many ways inspired me."

Maoz Inon is one of many Israelis who are grieving after losing loved ones in the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7. But as Israel conducts airstrikes and prepares for a ground invasion of Gaza, Inon is calling for peace. “War will never be the answer,” he says.

Israel’s war with Hamas has brought out bigotry across the spectrum, on the right and the left, against both Muslims and Jews. It’s inexcusable, because as @mehdirhasan explained on @thereidout, “This isn’t as complicated as people think.”