Ta-Nehisi Coates doesn't know if he would be 'strong enough' to oppose Oct. 7 if he were a Gazan
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Author Ta-Nehisi Coates suggested Wednesday he would have taken part in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack against Israel based on the “oppression" Gazans face.
He continued, "If my mother picks the olive trees and she gets too close to the wall, she might be shot. If my little sister has cancer and she needs treatment because there are no facilities to do that in Gaza and I don't get the right permit, she might die." Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.
"And I grow up under that oppression and that poverty and the wall comes down. Am I also strong enough or even constructed in such a way where I say this is too far? I don't know that I am," Coates concluded.
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