> Amid an escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine, Representative Rashida Tlaib — the only Palestinian-American member of Congress — called for an end to US support for Israel.
> Tlaib — a vocal critic of Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territory — posted a statement on Instagram grieving the “Palestinian and Israeli lives lost yesterday, today, and every day.”
> Tlaib’s statement struck a different tone than those of fellow Congressional Progressive Caucus members like Bernie Sanders by referring to the current human rights situation in the Palestinian territories. Organizations, including the United Nations, have signaled for years that Israel’s actions in the area — including forced evictions and police killings — amount to war crimes.
The occupation does need to end. So does encouraging stochastic terrorism and excusing the agency of the person killing civilians.
Murdering civilians is wrong. Kidnap and rape are wrong. Maybe read the room? Step 25 doesn’t need to be discussed when we’re barely on step two.
Statements like this are so uninformed and ignorant of the actual facts. The truth is this: Palestinians don’t want peace with Israel. They want them wiped off the face of the earth. Full stop.
Here’s a nice summary I came across from another Reddit:
Hamas: “WE WANT TO KILL YOU”
Okay, I’ll seal you off from us so you can’t kill us. You can manage yourselves and we’ll provide aid and electricity for free.
Hamas: “WHAT?+ THIS IS A SIEGE! OPEN AIR PRISON! GENOCIDE!”
If we let you out, will you kill us?
Hamas: “YES. WE WILL KILL EVERY JEW WE FIND.”
Okay. No.
Hamas escapes and kills every Jew they find
Western World:
“See, they did this because you built this wall. Israel, this is your fault.
THESE MASSACRES AREN’T BECAUSE OF THE BLOCKADE. THE BLOCKADE IS THERE TO PREVENT THESE MASSACRES. HAMAS HAVE SAID THEY WANTED TO DO THIS EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.
Get that woman out of govt asap
I’m sure she does
Palestinians are killing children. They are the terrorists. They are creating a situation where the only response can be an overwhelming military response.
time for the DCCC to cut the money and primary her dumb ass
She’s not wrong.
They should round them all up, men women children, and send them to the countries who use the Palestinians as meat shields. Better to be in a ghetto as a refugee in an Arab country than in a ghetto as a hostage.
Optically it looks horrid I know but it would end the fighting and make those other countries put their money where their mouth is.
Hamas launches a massive attack on Israel, a thousand dead, civilians targeted.
I don’t care where anyone stands on the conflict. This is the politics subreddit, and calling for an end to American support for Israel right now is terrible politics.
Her job is to protect and serve Americans.
This weekend 4 Americans were killed in Israel and dozens taken captive by Hamas… and this is her response?!
If you care so much about bs Palestinian “liberation” why don’t you be a democratically elected female leader in Gaza.. oh wait
I accept that Rep. Tlaib supports Palestine, and she has every right to do so. But against the backdrop of this particularly barbaric attack with a ground incursion and kidnapping of, among others, Americans, maybe she should have sit this one out. It’s a really bad look.
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> Amid an escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine, Representative Rashida Tlaib — the only Palestinian-American member of Congress — called for an end to US support for Israel.
> Tlaib — a vocal critic of Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territory — posted a statement on Instagram grieving the “Palestinian and Israeli lives lost yesterday, today, and every day.”
> Tlaib’s statement struck a different tone than those of fellow Congressional Progressive Caucus members like Bernie Sanders by referring to the current human rights situation in the Palestinian territories. Organizations, including the United Nations, have signaled for years that Israel’s actions in the area — including forced evictions and police killings — amount to war crimes.
The occupation does need to end. So does encouraging stochastic terrorism and excusing the agency of the person killing civilians.
Murdering civilians is wrong. Kidnap and rape are wrong. Maybe read the room? Step 25 doesn’t need to be discussed when we’re barely on step two.
Statements like this are so uninformed and ignorant of the actual facts. The truth is this: Palestinians don’t want peace with Israel. They want them wiped off the face of the earth. Full stop.
Here’s a nice summary I came across from another Reddit:
Hamas: “WE WANT TO KILL YOU”
Okay, I’ll seal you off from us so you can’t kill us. You can manage yourselves and we’ll provide aid and electricity for free.
Hamas: “WHAT?+ THIS IS A SIEGE! OPEN AIR PRISON! GENOCIDE!”
If we let you out, will you kill us?
Hamas: “YES. WE WILL KILL EVERY JEW WE FIND.”
Okay. No.
Hamas escapes and kills every Jew they find
Western World:
“See, they did this because you built this wall. Israel, this is your fault.
THESE MASSACRES AREN’T BECAUSE OF THE BLOCKADE. THE BLOCKADE IS THERE TO PREVENT THESE MASSACRES. HAMAS HAVE SAID THEY WANTED TO DO THIS EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.
Get that woman out of govt asap
I’m sure she does
Palestinians are killing children. They are the terrorists. They are creating a situation where the only response can be an overwhelming military response.
time for the DCCC to cut the money and primary her dumb ass
She’s not wrong.
They should round them all up, men women children, and send them to the countries who use the Palestinians as meat shields. Better to be in a ghetto as a refugee in an Arab country than in a ghetto as a hostage.
Optically it looks horrid I know but it would end the fighting and make those other countries put their money where their mouth is.
Hamas launches a massive attack on Israel, a thousand dead, civilians targeted.
I don’t care where anyone stands on the conflict. This is the politics subreddit, and calling for an end to American support for Israel right now is terrible politics.
Her job is to protect and serve Americans.
This weekend 4 Americans were killed in Israel and dozens taken captive by Hamas… and this is her response?!
If you care so much about bs Palestinian “liberation” why don’t you be a democratically elected female leader in Gaza.. oh wait
I accept that Rep. Tlaib supports Palestine, and she has every right to do so. But against the backdrop of this particularly barbaric attack with a ground incursion and kidnapping of, among others, Americans, maybe she should have sit this one out. It’s a really bad look.