Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said that Israel is to blame for the hospital explosion in Gaza despite Israel denying fault.

Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib refused to apologize Wednesday for saying on Tuesday that Israel is to blame for the hospital explosion that day in Gaza, an accusation that sparked political backlash against her from Republicans as Israel denies fault.

Tlaib joined thousands of protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza during a solidarity rally hosted by the left-leaning group Jewish Voice for Peace at the National Mall. She was visibly emotional, at times pausing her speech to openly weep and criticizing lawmakers who have not backed a ceasefire resolution.

  • @skhayfa
    17•1 year ago

    There’s no reason to apologize, if Isreal is so adamant to prove it’s innocence let an international investigation open. But they won’t because like for the killing of the journalist Shereen AbuAkleh they are guilty.

    • @[email protected]
      15•1 year ago

      There’s a link above to NPR with the (Al Jazeera?) footage of the missile failing and part of it hitting the parking lot

    • @Copernican
      6•1 year ago

      Then why lie to strengthen your cause if it is already justifiable without the facts being known?

      • @skhayfa
        5•1 year ago

        The ones that have a long track records of lies and deceit are Israeli and US government. History is the witness. I don’t need to strengthen the case I want the end of civilians murder, humanitarian aids and international investigation on war crimes such as this.

              • @[email protected]
                0•1 year ago

                I take no stance on the hospital bombing, from what I’ve seen it seems like it was a group called Islamic Jihad

                  • @[email protected]
                    -1•1 year ago

                    I think people are just fearing the worst of the Israeli retaliation, honestly its not outlandish to me for Israel to bomb a hospital so I can see why people jumped to conclusions.

        • @[email protected]
          6•1 year ago

          There’s a good essay on The Atlantic by a former AP reporter on how the press fails to counter Hamas strongarming them to give them a pass their failures in Gaza. Walking into the office armed to make them pull articles about misfires killing civilians and such. Rest assured that the ‘history’ you’ve seen is heavily colored by the Palestinian side as well, and perhaps even more.

          https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story/383262/

          • @assassin_aragorn
            4•1 year ago

            This is actually an interesting point worth consideration. For all the talk of the propaganda and lying and manipulation, we often don’t apply similar scrutiny to Hamas nor question their numbers.