New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo declined to say whether Israel was committing a genocide in the Gaza Strip, as a growing number of Democrats and some Republicans have condemned Israel’s actions amid the ongoing war against Hamas.  “I believe it is obviously a horrific situation. We want peace. It's long overdue. To watch on a daily basis the carnage that is going on in Gaza is difficult,” Cuomo told NBC’s “Meet the Press NOW” moderator Kristen Welker in an interview Thursday. 

Pressed on whether that meant he was not going as far as calling it a genocide, Cuomo replied, “I don't, I don’t — it's not my place to provide terminology in this political context.”  “But return the hostages. Eliminate Hamas, which is a terrorist organization, and let's have peace finally, and that —

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