Fmr. PLO spokesperson: Don't underestimate the 'desire of people to actually be free'
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Diana Buttu, former legal adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and a former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization, speaks to Ali Velshi about the factors that led to Hamas’ attack in Israel. “While many of us were surprised, we actually shouldn’t really be surprised by what’s happening,” Buttu says. “This is the natural consequence, unfortunately, of 56 years of military occupation and the denial of freedom.”Oct. 7, 2023
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