Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) issued a statement calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal" ahead of his scheduled address to Congress.
“It is hypocritical to claim to be concerned about the massive death toll of innocent civilians, and then turn around and welcome the person responsible for these war crimes to our Capitol,” Tlaib said.
Couldn’t have worded it better myself. Netanyahu slaughters 40,000 people, 2/3 of them women and children, and he gets to stand in front of some of the most powerful people in the world and celebrate?
I think it’s a mistake to center the ethnic cleansing on Netanyahu or his government. When you read the history, there is an unbroken through-line between Ben-Gurion and Netanyahu insofar as the Palestinians are concerned. Liberal, conservative, secular, or religious the Israeli government has pursued a policy of ethnic cleansing.
I just want to push against the idea that a Netanyahu defeat to a more liberal government is a solution. Because in Gaza, it’s meet the new boss…
Couldn’t have worded it better myself. Netanyahu slaughters 40,000 people, 2/3 of them women and children, and he gets to stand in front of some of the most powerful people in the world and celebrate?
That’s likely a conservative, very low estimate
Hypocritical is putting it mildly. I’d have said disgraceful.
I think it’s a mistake to center the ethnic cleansing on Netanyahu or his government. When you read the history, there is an unbroken through-line between Ben-Gurion and Netanyahu insofar as the Palestinians are concerned. Liberal, conservative, secular, or religious the Israeli government has pursued a policy of ethnic cleansing.
I just want to push against the idea that a Netanyahu defeat to a more liberal government is a solution. Because in Gaza, it’s meet the new boss…