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on monday, democratic senator jeff merkley of oregon became the second senator to demand for cease-fire, joining dickrbin of illinois. according to one count, 42 members of congress have now called for a ceasefire or cessation of hostilities in israel and occupied palestine. we are joined now by democratic congressmember becca balint of vermont. last week she became the first jewish member of congress to call for a ceasefire. welcome back to democracy now! thank you so much for joining us. talk about why you have made this decision. you are a senator from vermont post of bernie sanders is not there yet. it you are. talk about why. >> i want to be clear with folks who are listening and watching that i wrote the op-ed to express to vermonters, really geared toward -- i should have anticipated it might get national attention but i didn't. i wrote it for vermonters. what i wanted to do was really give voice to all the things i had been feeling and thinking and wrestling with since the beginning of october. i wanted to articulate clearly for vermonters what needed to happen. i wanted to lay out that horri