‘Bloodshed continues': Middle East war centres on criticising Israel
'They framed Israel as the aggressors here, but Israel was acting to stop bloodshed,' Mr Kenny said.
'Israel was acting to end the horrific massacre, torture, rape and kidnapping of Druze communities in Syria, now, most of this is too horrific to show anyone but the Arab Druze people … have been under attack from Sunni Islamists in Syria, so it is another example of attempted Islamist genocide and Israel acted to stop it.'
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