Georgia senator expresses sympathy for Israeli and Palestinian children amid Gaza war

CHICAGO — Whipping up the crowd at the conclusion of his primetime speech on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, US Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia expresses empathy for both Israeli and Palestinian children amid the ongoing war in Gaza.

“We are as close in our humanity as a cough. I need my neighbors’ children to be okay so my children will be ok… I need the poor children of Israel and the poor children of Gaza. I need Israelis and Palestinians — those in the Congo, those in Haiti, those in Ukraine, I need Americans on both sides of the track to be okay. Because we are all god’s children,” Warnock says as the packed United Center erupts in cheers.

It’s the second reference to Israel of the evening and appears to have been largely off the cuff, as much of the line doesn’t appear on the teleprompter in front of Warnock.