Democratic leaders did not tell members to vote against an amendment to block the State Department from citing Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Democratic leaders did not tell members to vote against an amendment to block the State Department from citing the Gaza Health Ministry’s statistics.

The House of Representatives has voted to effectively conceal the death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza.

On Thursday, lawmakers voted 269-144 on an amendment to prohibit the State Department from citing statistics from the Gaza Health Ministry. The measure is part of the annual State Department appropriations bill. It was led by Democratic Reps. Jared Moskowitz, Fla., and Josh Gottheimer, N.J., and Republican Reps. Joe Wilson, S.C.; Mike Lawler, N.Y.; and Carol Miller, W.V.

Mohammed Khader, policy manager at the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action, told The Intercept that the amendment is part of a trend of anti-Palestinian sentiment in Congress since the start of Israel’s atrocities in Gaza. “By preventing any recognition of the number of Palestinians killed since October, this amendment is a clear example of genocide denial and is no different from what was done towards victims of genocides in Rwanda and Armenia.”

    • @pivot_root
      12•3 months ago

      If only the system wasn’t designed to squash third parties. Blue gives very little fucks either, it seems.

    • @ganksy
      -21•3 months ago

      Or better yet don’t vote. Let fascism have a swing at it. I’m sure 207 soulless horse traders can do better than 62.

      • @yesman
        14•3 months ago

        Say, what do you call someone who openly works for the fascist cause?

        • @ganksy
          4•3 months ago

          I was assuming the comment I was replying to was satire

        • Nougat
          2•3 months ago

          Let’s see … seven letters, starts with an F, ends with a T …

          Fuckwit?