On Tuesday, hard-Left anti-Israel Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) accused Israel of “indiscriminate bombing” in its war effort against the terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon, ignoring the precise nature of the Israeli attacks in war, their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgUM-S-A0wM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warning</a> to residents to evacuate their homes before the Israeli strikes, and furthermore, the literal indiscriminate bombing Hezbollah carried out for nearly a year on Israel, with more than 8,000 rockets resulting in tens of thousands of Israelis forced to flee their homes.
Tlaib started by claiming Israel was committing “genocide&#8221; in Gaza, then referred to &#8220;the Israeli government’s indiscriminate bombing of Lebanon.” She made no reference to Hezbollah, whose ruthless dominance has caused many Lebanese Christians to <a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/05/25/the-persecution-of-christians-in-lebanon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flee Lebanon</a> over the decades.
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My statement on the indiscriminate bombing of Lebanon: <a href="https://t.co/ZfpXa84R5c">pic.twitter.com/ZfpXa84R5c</a>
&mdash; Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRashida/status/1838958274382643400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Like <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-sys="1">Hamas</a>, Hezbollah also has genocidal intentions to annihilate Israel and kill all the Jews, intentions which they have made repeatedly clear and have continuously sought to act on,” John Spencer, chair of urban warfare studies at the Modern War Institute (MWI) at West Point, co-wrote in <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/sorry-aoc-israels-precision-attack-against-hezbollah-was-humane-legal-opinion-1957207">Newsweek</a>. “Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has said that that the entire Middle East will not rest until the <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jpost.com%2Farab-israeli-conflict%2Farticle-752983&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cb.ungarsargon%40newsweek.com%7C0f58e82fe5624725d1e708dcd98ced8e%7Cc6bc3eb5d7334f82ba021aa6e30053d3%7C0%7C0%7C638624446542208854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=QqNnsDSpcgETf35QwAPhXx6DloSUHvm7s5HGbKVM9PI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;cancerous gland&#8217;</a> that is Israel is removed, and on October 8 last year, a day after the Hamas massacre, Hezbollah formally joined the war in the wistful hope that they might help eradicate the Jewish state.”
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Tlaib has long shown support and sympathies for anti-Semitic extremists, terror groups, and attacks on Israel, and has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-rashida-tlaib-pictured-hezbollah-supporter-emily-zanotti" target="_blank" rel="noopener">photographed</a> with an alleged Hezbollah supporter. Tlaib has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-rashida-tlaib-refuses-to-apologize-for-supporting-elimination-of-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called for</a> the elimination of the state of Israel following Hamas&#8217; unprecedented October 7 attack, in which terrorists murdered 1,200 people. She was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-house-votes-to-censure-democrat-rashida-tlaib-for-supporting-genocide-of-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">censured</a> by Congress for supporting genocide against Israel, and by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tlaib-explodes-at-pro-palestinian-rally-falsely-claims-israel-bombed-hospital-threatens-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lying</a> about how Israel has conducted itself in its war with Hamas.
Even leftist Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, has accused Tlaib of overt anti-Semitism after Tlaib slammed her office for alleging students at the University of Michigan had committed ethnic intimidation. Nessel told CNN’s Jake Tapper, “Rashida Tlaib is an individual who is well known for making inflammatory &#8212; inflammatory and incendiary remarks that are anti-Semitic in nature.”
Social media blasted Tlaib for her comments:
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You couldn’t even mention Hezbollah.
Are there any jihadists and murderers of Jews you don’t like?
&mdash; Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1838978070998286823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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When I saw you use the words indiscriminate bombing I was shocked that you finally saw the light and decided to call out Hezbollah for firing over 7000 rockets at Israel since October 7th. But of course, it could not possibly be that your moral compass had recalibrated. You are…
&mdash; Chaskel Bennett (@ChaskelBennett) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChaskelBennett/status/1838984754982437109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The reason your district is home for such a large Lebanese community is because the terrorists you&#39;re defending made Lebanon unlivable for decent people. They have no fled Israel. They have fled the same kind of rabid Islamism you&#39;re trying to inflict on America now.
&mdash; Uri Kurlianchik (@VerminusM) <a href="https://twitter.com/VerminusM/status/1839043485669752945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Indiscriminate? That would be the Bataclan theatre in Paris, Arianna Grande concert in Manchester, train bombs in Spain, nightclub bombings in Bali, bus bombs in London, embassy bombings in Kenya and Beirut, Lockerbie, Crocus Theatre in Moscow. You are a disgrace to humanity,” one social media user <a href="https://x.com/byrnewood/status/1839254293620134397" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a>.
Ryan Saavedra contributed to this article.
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) slammed Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) this week for attacking her faith by suggesting she could not be fair in prosecuting far-Left pro-Hamas activists who were criminally charged for their activities at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Nessel&#8217;s remarks during a Monday interview on CNN came after her office charged 11 individuals with a variety of crimes, including attempted ethnic intimidation, assaulting or obstructing a police officer, and more.
Tlaib responded by claiming that Nessel, who is Jewish, charged the students because she was biased in favor of Israel. “It seems that the attorney general decided, if the issue was Palestine, she was going to treat it differently, and that alone speaks volumes about possible biases within the agency she runs,” Tlaib claimed.
CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper said that Tlaib did not accept an interview request on his show and refused to answer follow-up questions about her remarks.
&#8220;For her to say that I could handle a litany of other cases, and that was fine, but when it comes to anything involving pro-Palestinian protesters, I could not be fair, I could not be objective,&#8221; Nessel said, &#8220;Clearly, she&#8217;s referencing my religion as to why she thinks I can&#8217;t be fair.&#8221;
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&#8220;She also mischaracterized the charges and I think intentionally, I mean, she talked about this being peaceful protesters,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;No peaceful protesters were charged in this event. And, you know, Rashida is a lawyer. She had every opportunity to call me to ask to see the evidence in this case, but she didn&#8217;t do that.&#8221;
Nessel said that Tlaib &#8220;is well known for making inflammatory and incendiary remarks that are anti-Semitic in nature. So this isn&#8217;t the first time that we would have heard these words out of her mouth.&#8221;
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) says that Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) accused her of bias in prosecuting students because she is Jewish.
Nessel says that Tlaib is &#8220;anti-Semitic&#8221; and says she &#8220;intentionally&#8221; lied about what the charges were that the students face <a href="https://t.co/NZsqEXthhd">pic.twitter.com/NZsqEXthhd</a>
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1838627456250712121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whitmer-refuses-to-condemn-rashida-tlaibs-anti-semitic-attack-on-michigans-ag">refused</a> to back up Nessel during a CNN interview with Tapper on Sunday, saying: &#8220;I’m not going to get in the middle of this argument that they’re having.&#8221;
After seeing the widespread backlash she faced online, Whitmer finally stood up to Tlaib on Monday but did not call out Tlaib by name.
&#8220;The suggestion that Attorney General Nessel would make charging decisions based on her religion as opposed to the rule of law is antisemitic,&#8221; Whitmer said. &#8220;Attorney General Nessel has always conducted her work with integrity and followed the rule of law. We must all use our platform and voices to call out hateful rhetoric and racist tropes.&#8221;

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Michigan’s Democrat AG Dana Nessel Rips ‘Anti-Semitic’ Rashida Tlaib

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) late last week decried as racist a cartoon that lampooned her history of supporting terrorism against Israel.
The cartoon, by Henry Payne, was published Thursday in National Review. It showed Tlaib sitting behind her desk as her pager exploded.
&#8220;Odd,&#8221; Tlaib says in the cartoon. &#8220;My pager just exploded.&#8221;
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Cartoon: Tlaib Pager Hamas<a href="https://t.co/wdwWCbCgmj">https://t.co/wdwWCbCgmj</a> <a href="https://t.co/8AF3kA8Llk">pic.twitter.com/8AF3kA8Llk</a>
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The cartoon was a reference to Israel detonating pagers that it secretly manufactured and sold to Hezbollah, and detonated once they were in terrorists&#8217; hands. The operation killed dozens of terrorists, and wounded thousands more.
&#8220;Our community is already in so much pain right now,&#8221; Tlaib posted on X. &#8220;This racism will incite more hate + violence against our Arab &amp; Muslim communities, and it makes everyone less safe. It’s disgraceful that the media continues to normalize this racism.&#8221;
Numerous far-left members of Congress attacked the cartoon, calling it &#8220;racist&#8221; and &#8220;Islamophobic.&#8221;
But Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Research Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, said that there was &#8220;nothing racist&#8221; about the cartoon.
&#8220;This cartoon is against Tlaib for her support of Hezbollah and Hamas,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Tlaib represents some Arabs and Muslims in America and her own opinion, but NOT all Arabs and Muslims in America, many of whom vehemently oppose her views.&#8221;
&#8220;To lump all Arabs and Muslims in American into one person —Tlaib — is racism,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We, Arabs and Muslims, are — like all other races and religions — diverse and have clashing views, and no one person embodies or symbolizes all of us, unless you think we all look and think the same.&#8221;
Tlaib has long shown support and sympathies for anti-Semitic extremists, terror groups, and attacks on Israel, and has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-rashida-tlaib-pictured-hezbollah-supporter-emily-zanotti">photographed</a> with an alleged Hezbollah supporter.
Israel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/omar-tlaib-planned-meet-terror-promoting-groups-ryan-saavedra">banned</a> Tlaib from entering the country in 2019, after they learned of her plans to meet with extremist groups dedicated to &#8220;harm[ing] Israel and increas[ing] incitement against it.&#8221;
Tlaib has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-rashida-tlaib-refuses-to-apologize-for-supporting-elimination-of-israel">called for</a> the elimination of the state of Israel following Hamas&#8217; unprecedented October 7 attack, in which terrorists murdered 1,200 people. She was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-house-votes-to-censure-democrat-rashida-tlaib-for-supporting-genocide-of-israel">censured</a> by Congress for supporting genocide against Israel by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tlaib-explodes-at-pro-palestinian-rally-falsely-claims-israel-bombed-hospital-threatens-biden">lying</a> about how Israel has conducted itself in its war with Hamas.
She has since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rashida-tlaib-faces-calls-to-be-removed-from-congress-after-speaking-at-terrorist-connected-event">spoken at</a> an event that has connections to Islamic terrorist groups.
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Let&#8217;s discuss the <a href="https://twitter.com/detroitnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@detroitnews</a> cartoon and how everyone who attacked it was racist.
Had the woman behind the desk been depicted as a generic Arab or Muslim man or woman &#8212; for example with a hijab or a male headdress &#8212; and without her name in front of her, while showing a blown… <a href="https://t.co/cBTZOG6Wzj">pic.twitter.com/cBTZOG6Wzj</a>
— Hussain Abdul-Hussain (@hahussain) <a href="https://twitter.com/hahussain/status/1837524416005095492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
Tlaib <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rashida-tlaib-votes-present-on-resolution-condemning-hamas-rape">refused</a> to condemn Hamas for raping Israeli women, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-rashida-tlaib-refuses-to-condemn-beheadings-of-israeli-babies-when-confronted-by-media">would not</a> condemn Hamas&#8217; beheadings of Israeli babies.

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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer refused to back up her attorney general during an interview over the weekend when she was asked about the attorney general prosecuting far-left anti-Semitic protesters at the University of Michigan.
The Democrat governor made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; when asked by Jake Tapper about Rep. Rashida Tlaib&#8217;s (D-MI) anti-Semitic attacks on Attorney General Dana Nessel for prosecuting the students.
The 11 individuals were charged with a variety of crimes, including attempted ethnic intimidation, assaulting or obstructing a police officer, and more.
Tlaib responded by claiming that Nessel, who is Jewish, charged the students because she was biased in favor of Israel. &#8220;It seems that the attorney general decided, if the issue was Palestine, she was going to treat it differently, and that alone speaks volumes about possible biases within the agency she runs&#8221; Tlaib claimed.
Nessel responded: &#8220;Rashida Tlaib should not use my religion to imply I cannot perform my job fairly as attorney general. It&#8217;s antisemitic and wrong.&#8221;
Whitmer refused to condemn Tlaib&#8217;s anti-Semitic remarks against Nessel and refused to take sides on the matter at all, saying that she only wants to &#8220;make sure that both these communities are protected and respected under the law in Michigan.&#8221;
Tapper pressed Whitmer again, noting that Tlaib&#8217;s accusation was serious and again gave Whitmer the opportunity to back up her attorney general.
&#8220;Like I said, Jake, I&#8217;m not going to get in the middle of this argument that they&#8217;re having,&#8221; Whitmer responded.
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TAPPER: Rabid antisemite <a href="https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RashidaTlaib</a> called charges against pro-Hamas rioters &quot;shameful&quot; &amp; accused Michigan AG <a href="https://twitter.com/dananessel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dananessel</a> of bias. What say you?
KAMALA CO-CHAIR <a href="https://twitter.com/gretchenwhitmer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@gretchenwhitmer</a>: There are very fine people on both sides. <a href="https://t.co/j43nCwLOdL">pic.twitter.com/j43nCwLOdL</a>
&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1837860294212686064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) faced backlash over the weekend after attending and speaking at a conference that reportedly has ties to U.S. designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO).
She attended the People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit, where she derided President Joe Biden for the support that he has given to Israel as the country continues its military campaign in Gaza against Hamas following the terrorist group&#8217;s October 7 massacre.
&#8220;Among the speakers at the Michigan event was Wisam Rafeedie, an activist associated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a Marxist-Leninist terror group active in Gaza and headquartered in the Syrian capital of Damascus,&#8221; National Review reported. &#8220;The U.S. State Department, as well as Japan, Canada, and the European Union, has designated the PFLP as a terrorist organization.&#8221;
The report noted that the wife of a PFLP terrorist, who recently died in prison, also spoke at the conference and that Tlaib has ties to several activists who are linked to Hamas.
Fox News reported that the conference was organized by The People&#8217;s Forum, a communist group tied to &#8220;Neville Roy Singham, an American-born multimillionaire tech mogul based in Shanghai, who has been described as a &#8216;conduit&#8217; for CCP geopolitical influence.&#8221;
Members of Congress weighed in on Tlaib&#8217;s attendance at the conference after a video of her speaking there went viral on social media.
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&#8220;@RashidaTlaib should be removed from Congress immediately,&#8221; said Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY). &#8220;Associating with and speaking before groups that are funded by US designated terrorist organizations is disqualifying.&#8221;
&#8220;When people choose sides &#8211; you should believe them,&#8221; added Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX).
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A Sitting-Member of Congress, Rashida Tlaib was a Speaker yesterday at the “People’s Conference for Palestine” which was Funded and Supported by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a Communist-Terrorist Group which is Headquartered in the Syrian Capital of… <a href="https://t.co/K5QP0FebvI">pic.twitter.com/K5QP0FebvI</a>
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) <a href="https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1794701614969672177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Rashida Tlaib Faces Calls To Be Removed From Congress After Speaking At Terrorist-Connected Event

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A staffer for Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rashida-tlaib" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rashida Tlaib</a> (D-MI) hit a Fox News crew with an umbrella on Thursday as they attempted to question the congresswoman about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coming to speak to Congress.
Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram began asking Tlaib a question when the aide deployed the umbrella and tried to block him.
After Pergram dodged the umbrella, he moved around to Tlaib&#8217;s other side and asked: &#8220;What happens if Netanyahu comes to speak? Is that a mistake by the Speaker to extend this request? What do you think of the Democratic leaders agreeing to that request as well?&#8221;
&#8220;Would you attend?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;Would you protest in any form?&#8221;
Tlaib would not answer until the staffer repositioned himself to block the person holding the camera.
“I don’t know, inviting a war criminal to Congress is a sham,&#8221; she answered. &#8220;It’s shameful.”
The cameraman appeared to say that the staffer hit him with an umbrella, which the staffer denied.
“We have it on video, guys,” Pergram said.
Pergram went up to a police officer who was standing there and said: &#8220;He hit him with the umbrella. That&#8217;s assault.&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, this is ridiculous,&#8221; another member of the Fox News crew said.
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JUST IN: Staffer for Rep. Rashida Tlaib attempts to block Fox News cameraman with an umbrella as <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadPergram?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChadPergram</a> asks questions <a href="https://t.co/8YNoKoPMLz">pic.twitter.com/8YNoKoPMLz</a>
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TVNewsNow/status/1793757180187058341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2024</a></blockquote>

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WATCH: Staffer For Rashida Tlaib Hits Fox News Crew With Umbrella To Obstruct Camera

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said Friday that she was &#8220;enormously proud&#8221; of her daughter, Isra Hirsi, who was arrested Thursday while participating in an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University.
&#8220;I am enormously proud of my daughter @israhirsi,&#8221; Omar <a href="https://twitter.com/ilhanmn/status/1781453928887914927?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on X. &#8220;She has always led with courage and compassion, from organizing a statewide school walk out on the 20th anniversary of Columbine at the age of 15, to leading the biggest youth climate rally at our nation’s Capitol at 16, and now pushing her school to stand against genocide. Stepping up to change what you can’t tolerate is why we as a country have the right to speech, assembly, and petition enshrined in our constitution.&#8221; 

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I am enormously proud of my daughter <a href="https://twitter.com/israhirsi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@israhirsi</a>. 
She has always led with courage and compassion, from organizing a statewide school walk out on the 20th anniversary of Columbine at the age of 15, to leading the biggest youth climate rally at our nation’s Capitol at 16, and now…
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1781453928887914927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Photos posted to X show Hirsi being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/photos-show-ilhan-omars-daughter-arrested-for-refusing-to-leave-anti-israel-encampment-at-columbia-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> by several NYPD officers after she refused to leave the &#8220;Gaza Solidarity Encampment&#8221; that had been set up by anti-Israel protesters on Columbia&#8217;s campus in violation of the school&#8217;s rules.
According to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/18/us-news/nypd-cops-enter-columbia-after-university-warns-anti-israel-protesters-to-clear-out/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a>, over 100 students were arrested at the campus encampment on Thursday. Hirsi was released from jail a few hours after her arrest, and she will face trespassing charges, sources <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/arrest-ilhan-omars-daughter-anti-israel-protest-political-fellow-squad-member" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News.
Earlier on Thursday, Hirsi also announced that she was suspended from Columbia’s partner school, Barnard College for participating in the protest.
“I’m an organizer with CU Apartheid Divest<a href="https://twitter.com/ColumbiaSJP"> @ColumbiaSJP</a>, in my 3 years at<a href="https://twitter.com/BarnardCollege"> @BarnardCollege</a> i have never been reprimanded or received any disciplinary warnings,” Hirsi <a href="https://twitter.com/israhirsi/status/1780980484203327780">tweeted</a>. “I just received notice that i am 1 of 3 students suspended for standing in solidarity with Palestinians facing a genocide.”
Other members of the Democratic &#8220;Squad&#8221; rallied to Hirsi&#8217;s defense after her suspension from Barnard and her arrest.
“What is going on here @BarnardCollege @Columbia? How does a student with no disciplinary record suddenly get to a suspension less than 24 hours after a nonviolent protest?” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1781135013246808148" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>. “What merits asymmetric crackdowns on Palestinian human rights protests?”
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“From UM to Vanderbilt to USC to Columbia, students across our country are being retaliated against for using their constitutional rights to protest genocide. It’s appalling,&#8221; Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRashida/status/1781012969884651868" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a>.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) claimed that Hirsi&#8217;s arrested was a political reprisal against Omar for questioning Columbia&#8217;s commitment to free speech.
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The day after <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IlhanMN</a> questioned Columbia leadership&#8217;s commitment to free academic expression, the school suspended her daughter? It&#8217;s clear what is happening here.
Our educational institutions should not be in the business of political reprisals. <a href="https://t.co/qX2I83lFrV">https://t.co/qX2I83lFrV</a>
— Rep. Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. (@JamaalBowmanNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamaalBowmanNY/status/1781012538840306125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The day after @IlhanMN questioned Columbia leadership&#8217;s commitment to free academic expression, the school suspended her daughter?&#8221; Bowman wrote. &#8220;It&#8217;s clear what is happening here. Our educational institutions should not be in the business of political reprisals.&#8221;
Kassy Akiva contributed to this report.

Ilhan Omar

Ilhan Omar Is ‘Enormously Proud’ Of Daughter Who Was Arrested At Anti-Israel Protest

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

anti-Israel

Columbia University

Jamaal Bowman

U.S.

On Tuesday, the GOP-led <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> passed a resolution declaring the slogan &#8220;From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free&#8221; is anti-Semitic and must be condemned, the latest in a series of measures designed to express support for Israel.
Lawmakers approved the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/883/text?s=1&amp;r=87" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a>, which also says the slogan is &#8220;divisive and does a disservice to Israelis, Palestinians, and all those in the region who seek peace,&#8221; by a <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll134.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">377-44 vote</a> with bipartisan support.
Forty-three Democrats and one Republican — Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) — opposed the resolution. Nine members did not vote, while one — Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) — voted &#8220;present.&#8221;
Rep. Anthony D&#8217;Esposito (R-NY), a <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDesposito/status/1779993750552318142" target="_blank" rel="noopener">staunch</a> Israel ally who <a href="https://desposito.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-anthony-desposito-introduces-resolution-formally-condemning-river" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> the resolution, said in floor remarks that activists who recite the slogan are anti-Semitic and only &#8220;masquerading&#8221; as pro-Palestinian advocates.
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🚨BREAKING: My legislation CONDEMNING the slogan, “from the river to the sea, ‘Palestine’ will be free” has passed the House.
These antisemitic activists want nothing more than the destruction of Israel &amp; the Jewish people inside it.
America will always <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithIsrael?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandWithIsrael</a>.🇮🇱🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/OfIgUI3QII">pic.twitter.com/OfIgUI3QII</a>
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&#8220;This slogan communicates one thing and one thing only,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It is not human rights. It is certainly not peace. It is the violent destruction of the state of Israel and the Jewish people that live within it.&#8221;
The vote took place a little more than six months into Israel&#8217;s fight against Hamas in the Gaza Strip following the group&#8217;s deadly terrorist attack on Israeli soil.
Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), who is the sole Palestinian American member of Congress and is part of the leftist &#8220;Squad,&#8221; was among the 43 Democrats who opposed the resolution.
&#8220;We are seeing the same &#8216;messaging&#8217; bills on the floor every single week,&#8221; Tlaib said in a post to X on Tuesday. &#8220;These bills are just an attempt to distract from the genocide in Gaza. I am not voting for any of these bills while the genocide of Palestinians continues.&#8221;
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We are seeing the same &quot;messaging&quot; bills on the floor every single week. These bills are just an attempt to distract from the genocide in Gaza. I am not voting for any of these bills while the genocide of Palestinians continues.
&mdash; Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRashida/status/1780300028852002859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The House voted to censure Tlaib last year over her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-house-votes-to-censure-democrat-rashida-tlaib-for-supporting-genocide-of-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comments</a> regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict. One part of the measure rebuked Tlaib for &#8220;falsely describing &#8216;from the river to the sea&#8217; as &#8216;an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence&#8217; despite it clearly entailing Israel’s destruction and denial of its fundamental right to exist.&#8221;
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House lawmakers have done more than just pass resolutions tied to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johnson-led-house-passes-resolution-in-support-of-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel-Hamas conflict</a>. They also passed a bill that would have provided Israel $14.3 billion in emergency aid with an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) offset. However, the legislation was <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/senate-blocks-14-3-billion-in-aid-for-israel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blocked</a> in the Democrat-controlled Senate last year.
Now, after Iran launched a drone and missile attack on Israel over the weekend, the House is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-proposes-separate-bills-on-israel-and-ukraine-aid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poised to consider new legislation</a> meant to provide assistance to Israel and other foreign causes. The chamber also <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/04/16/congress/house-iran-pushback-bills-israel-attack-00152601" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> a raft of Iran sanctions measures.

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House Passes Resolution Condemning ‘From The River To The Sea’ Slogan As Anti-Semitic

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Palestinians

U.S. House of Representatives

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) got testy with Fox Business Reporter Hillary Vaughn over a question about a rally in her home district where anti-Israel protesters chanted &#8220;Death to America&#8221; and called for the eradication of Israel.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protesters-at-islamic-event-in-americas-jihad-capital-chant-death-to-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rally in question</a>, which took place in Dearborn, Michigan, featured a speaker named Tarek Bazzi, who is affiliated with the Hadi Institute. He said: &#8220;We have been asked in the past why our protests on the International Al-Quds Day are so anti-America. Why don’t we just focus on Israel and not talk so much about America? Gaza has shown the entire world why their protests are so anti-America. Because it’s the United States government that provides the funds for all of the atrocities that we just heard about.&#8221;
Attendees at the rally responded to him by shouting, &#8220;Death to America!&#8221; and &#8220;Death to Israel!&#8221;
Vaughn approached Tlaib in a hallway on Capitol Hill, asking several times whether She would respond to the chants. At first, the Michigan Congresswoman said she wouldn&#8217;t talk to anyone from Fox.
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib lost it at Fox Business&#39; <a href="https://twitter.com/hillary__vaughn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hillary__vaughn</a> who asked if she condemns the &quot;death to America&quot; chants at a rally in her district.
The White House condemned the chants in a statement to <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DailyCaller</a> <a href="https://t.co/h00Vss0DLa">pic.twitter.com/h00Vss0DLa</a>
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&#8220;Congresswoman Tlaib —&#8221; Vaughn began, but Tlaib interrupted before she could even get the question out.
&#8220;I don’t talk to Fox News! I don’t talk to Fox News!&#8221; she insisted.
&#8220;At a rally &#8230; in your district —&#8221; Vaughn tried again, but Tlaib pushed back.
&#8220;I’m not talking to Fox News.,&#8221; she said again.
&#8220;People were chanting &#8216;death to America.&#8217; Do you condemn?&#8221; Vaughn asked.
 &#8220;I do not talk to Fox News,&#8221; Tlaib repeated.
&#8220;But do you condemn chants of death to America?&#8221; Vaughn asked once more.
 &#8220;I don’t talk to people that use racist tropes,&#8221; Tlaib said then, suggesting that Vaughn&#8217;s network was guilty of that.
Vaughn pressed again, asking, &#8220;Why can’t you just say whether or not you condemn —&#8221;
But Tlaib interrupted her again, saying, &#8220;Because I don’t talk to Fox News.&#8221;
&#8220;— people chanting &#8216;death to America?'&#8221; Vaughn completed her thought, then asked, &#8220;Why are you afraid to talk to Fox?&#8221;
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&#8220;Fox News is not nice,&#8221; Tlaib claimed. &#8220;Listen, using racist tropes towards my community is what Fox News is about and I don&#8217;t talk to Fox News.&#8221;
Vaughn tried one more tack, noting that some might see the &#8220;death to America&#8221; chants as racist.
&#8220;Is &#8216;death to America&#8217; racist?” Is chanting &#8216;death to America&#8217; racist?&#8221; she asked.
&#8220;Never talk to Fox News,&#8221; Tlaib said again, adding, &#8220;I’m talking about your guys’s racist tropes. You know, you guys are — you guys know exactly what you do. And I know you’re Islamophobic, but you guys gotta go deal with it on your own selves, not going to use me.&#8221;

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Tlaib Loses Her Mind On Fox Reporter, Won’t Address ‘Death To America’ Chants In Her District

Tlaib Loses Her Mind On Fox Reporter, Won't Address 'Death To America' Chants In Her District

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The Squad

Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer said she expects many voters to check the “uncommitted” box in her party’s presidential primary on Tuesday.
Whitmer appeared on <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/gov-whitmer-anticipates-a-sizable-number-of-uncommitted-votes-in-mi-primary-205013061539?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_mj" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”</a> as Michigan voters headed to the polls to select their preference for the Democratic presidential nominee. While President Joe Biden is expected to be the clear winner over Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) in the Democratic contest, his numbers will likely be hampered as the state’s large Muslim population has expressed frustration with Biden’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas. Michigan is home to around 200,000 Muslim voters, a demographic that largely <a href="https://apnews.com/article/votecast-trump-wins-white-evangelicals-d0cb249ea7eae29187a21a702dc84706" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supports Democrats</a>.
The Michigan governor, who is also a co-chair of the Biden-Harris re-election campaign, began her segment by emphasizing the importance of the swing state’s diverse voter base, adding that the 2024 election would be close in Michigan.
“Today, I anticipate that we will see a sizable number of people vote uncommitted,” Whitmer said. “As we know, our huge Arab, Palestinian, and Muslim communities are going to voice some of their opinions with regard to how we’re handling what’s happening over in Gaza and Israel.”
“We also have a robust Jewish community here, and these are two very important communities that have lived in harmony in this state for decades,” she added. “And there’s a lot of people who are hurting.”
Earlier this month, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) — a Muslim who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-house-votes-to-censure-democrat-rashida-tlaib-for-supporting-genocide-of-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">censured</a> by the U.S. House for her anti-Semitic comments — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tlaib-calls-for-protest-vote-against-biden-over-israel-hamas-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> for her constituents to “vote uncommitted” as a way to protest Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war.
“We don’t want a country that supports wars and bombs and destruction. We want to support life. We want to stand up for every single life killed in Gaza,” Tlaib said.
“This is the way you can raise our voices, to make us even more visible,” she added later. “Right now, we feel completely neglected and just unseen by our government. If you want us to be louder, then come here and vote uncommitted.”
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Whitmer’s admission that she expects Muslim voters to heed Tlaib&#8217;s call comes after the governor encouraged Democrats in Michigan to back the president, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/27/biden-faces-anger-from-key-arab-american-voters-in-michigan-primary-.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arguing</a> that “any vote that’s not cast for Joe Biden supports a second Trump term.”
Trump currently leads the president in polling in the swing state by five points, according to the RealClearPolitics <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/michigan/trump-vs-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polling average.</a> Biden <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-michigan.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took Michigan</a> in 2020, coming in 154,000 votes ahead of Trump, who <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won</a> the state over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by just over 10,000 votes in 2016.

Gretchen Whitmer Expects Large Number Of ‘Uncommitted’ Votes In Dem Primary After Urging Voters To Back Biden

Gretchen Whitmer Expects Large Number Of 'Uncommitted' Votes In Dem Primary After Urging Voters To Back Biden

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Joe Biden

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rashida-tlaib" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rashida Tlaib</a> (D-MI) encouraged constituents to cast a protest vote in <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/01/01/michigan-elections-dates-2024/71929854007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan&#8217;s primary</a> to challenge how the Biden administration has backed Israel during its fight against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
In a video posted to social media on Saturday, Tlaib advocated for creating a voting block to oppose the conflict that ramped up after Hamas conducted terrorist attacks on Israeli soil in October, killing an estimated 1,200 people.
&#8220;We don&#8217;t want a country that supports wars and bombs and destruction. We want to support life. We want to stand up for every single life killed in Gaza,&#8221; Tlaib said.
&#8220;This is the way you can raise our voices, to make us even more visible,&#8221; she added later. &#8220;Right now, we feel completely neglected and just unseen by our government. If you want us to be louder, then come here and vote uncommitted.&#8221;
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NEW ENDORSEMENT: “If you want us to be louder, come here and vote uncommitted.” &#8211;<a href="https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RashidaTlaib</a> <a href="https://t.co/8pxuUjq5QG">pic.twitter.com/8pxuUjq5QG</a>
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Tlaib is a member of the leftist &#8220;Squad&#8221; and is the sole Palestinian American member of Congress. She has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rashida-tlaib-votes-present-on-resolution-condemning-hamas-rape" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted against</a> a number of resolutions geared toward <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/2-house-dems-vote-against-denying-refuge-to-noncitizens-involved-with-hamas-attack-on-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressing</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johnson-led-house-passes-resolution-in-support-of-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">support</a> for Israel and last year was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-house-votes-to-censure-democrat-rashida-tlaib-for-supporting-genocide-of-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">censured</a> for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-move-to-censure-tlaib-over-israel-rhetoric" target="_blank" rel="noopener">her response</a> to the deadly terrorist attacks by Hamas.
The video Tlaib appeared in came from a group called Listen to Michigan, which is urging voters to send President Joe Biden a &#8220;clear message&#8221; in the Democratic Party&#8217;s primary on February 27 by filling out the &#8220;Uncommitted&#8221; bubble on the ballot.
&#8220;He’s not representing the young people who put him in office and turned out in the midterms — and are now out protesting his policies in the streets,&#8221; the group <a href="https://www.listentomichigan.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on its website, objecting to Biden&#8217;s support of Israel.
The Biden administration has spoken out in favor of Israel defending itself against Hamas, sought more aid for the country, and pushed for the freedom of roughly 100 hostages who are still believed to be in the group&#8217;s captivity.
But Biden is now urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to go through with a ground invasion of Gaza&#8217;s southern city of Rafah, where it is estimated that more than half the strip&#8217;s 2.3 million population have gathered during the conflict.
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&#8220;I’ve made the case — and I feel very strongly about it — that there has to be a — a temporary ceasefire to get the prisoners out, to get the hostages out. And that is underway. I’m still hopeful that that can be done,&#8221; Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/02/16/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-reported-death-of-aleksey-navalny/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Friday.
&#8220;And in the meantime, I don’t anticipate — I’m hoping that you — that the Israelis will not make any massive land invasion in the meantime,&#8221; he added.

Tlaib Calls For Protest Vote Against Biden Over Israel-Hamas War

One <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives">House</a> lawmaker, a Democrat, voted &#8220;present&#8221; on Wednesday for a resolution condemning rape and sexual violence committed by Hamas in its war against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel</a> following the group&#8217;s terrorist attacks in October.
Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rashida-tlaib" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rashida Tlaib</a> (D-MI) <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202444" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stood out</a> as the only member to cast a vote neither in support nor against the measure that otherwise received broad support from both Democrats and Republicans.
In House floor remarks, Tlaib said the resolution &#8220;rightfully denounces any sexual violence by Hamas,&#8221; but she claimed to be &#8220;disturbed&#8221; by how it lacks similar language for how Israeli forces allegedly treat Palestinians.
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We all have a responsibility to denounce sexual violence in all forms, regardless of who is responsible. War crimes cannot justify more war crimes. This resolution falls well short of also acknowledging the sexual abuse of Palestinians. <a href="https://t.co/T4kdm1WXxk">pic.twitter.com/T4kdm1WXxk</a>
&mdash; Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRashida/status/1757888880789901661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We all have a responsibility to denounce sexual violence in all forms, regardless of who is responsible. War crimes cannot justify more war crimes,&#8221; she added in a <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRashida/status/1757888880789901661" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to X.
The resolution, <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/966/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> by Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL), &#8220;condemns acts of rape and sexual violence as weapons of war, including those acts committed by Hamas on and since October 7, 2023.
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Today, with overwhelming bipartisan support, we&#39;ve passed my resolution in the House condemning Hamas&#39;s use of rape and sexual violence on and since October 7th. Our message is loud and clear: these acts are not tools of war, and we condemn them. <a href="https://t.co/OR3hKul12c">pic.twitter.com/OR3hKul12c</a>
&mdash; Rep. Lois Frankel (@RepLoisFrankel) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepLoisFrankel/status/1757894155269705878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Among other provisions, the resolution also &#8220;calls on all nations to criminalize rape and sexual assault, and hold accountable all perpetrators of sexual violence, including state and non-state armed groups.&#8221;
The House clerk tally <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202444" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> 418 members, including 210 Republicans and 208 Democrats, voted in support of the resolution. Tlaib, a member of the leftist &#8220;Squad&#8221; who is the sole Palestinian American member of Congress, voted &#8220;present&#8221; while a dozen members did not vote.
Some members criticized Tlaib for her &#8220;present&#8221; vote, the latest in a pattern of the congresswoman opposing resolutions geared toward <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/2-house-dems-vote-against-denying-refuge-to-noncitizens-involved-with-hamas-attack-on-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressing</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johnson-led-house-passes-resolution-in-support-of-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">support</a> for Israel, and following a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-house-votes-to-censure-democrat-rashida-tlaib-for-supporting-genocide-of-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">censure</a> last year for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-move-to-censure-tlaib-over-israel-rhetoric" target="_blank" rel="noopener">her response</a> to the deadly attacks by Hamas.
&#8220;For more than 129 days, Israel has defended itself from Hamas’ terror. Hamas committed despicable crimes on October 7th. It’s shameful [Tlaib] wouldn’t support a resolution condemning rape and sexual violence committed by Hamas,&#8221; Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) <a href="https://twitter.com/repkevinhern/status/1757893548492398896" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X.
&#8220;The House just delivered a strong rebuke of Hamas’ use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war! Disturbingly, what should have been a unanimous vote was ruined by [Tlaib] who couldn’t bring herself to condemn these heinous acts,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/RepBethVanDuyne/status/1757886817825669580" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX).

Rashida Tlaib Votes ‘Present’ On Resolution Condemning Hamas Rape

Rashida Tlaib Votes 'Present' On Resolution Condemning Hamas Rape

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