Rep. Tlaib blasted Israel’s “occupation” policies while grieving those killed in the violence
Tlaib is no stranger to controversial remarks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
NEW YORK POST
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Sunday blasted Israel’s “occupation” policies while saying she grieves those killed as violence engulfed the region following Hamas’ unprecedented incursion from Gaza.
Tlaib — the first Palestinian-American sworn into Congress back in 2019 — issued the statement slamming Israel as an “apartheid” state after some of her fellow “Squad” members sparked controversy Saturday for urging a ceasefire in the Middle East.
“I grieve the Palestinian and Israeli lives lost yesterday, today, and every day. I am determined as ever to fight for a just future where everyone can live in peace, without fear and with true freedom, equal rights, and human dignity,” Tlaib said.
“The path to that future must include lifting the blockade, ending the occupation, and dismantling the apartheid system that creates the suffocating, dehumanizing conditions that can lead to resistance.”
Tlaib did not condemn the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, which launched a sneak attack involving a barrage of thousands of rockets and a ground assault into Israel on Saturday — sparking retaliatory strikes by the US ally and its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare the country was at “war.”
“The failure to recognize the violent reality of living under siege, occupation, and apartheid makes no one safer. No person, no child anywhere should have to suffer or live in fear of violence. We cannot ignore the humanity in each other,” she said.
Rashida Tlaib has called Israel an apartheid state in the past. Getty Images
“As long as our country provides billions in unconditional funding to support the apartheid government, this heartbreaking cycle of violence will continue,” Tlaib added.
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Tlaib is no stranger to controversial remarks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Throughout her time in politics, Tlaib has assailed Israel’s settlement policies in the West Bank and the blockade around the Gaza Strip.
Back in July alongside Rep. Cory Bush (D-Mo.), she boycotted Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s joint address to Congress.
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The Non-Jews (Hamas) have the right to resist against the Jewish settler colonizer. I only know about 1 terrorist group and that is the Israeli occupation forces IOF.