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Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is heckling the State Department for commemorating the anniversary of the Geneva Conventions on Tuesday, accusing the Biden administration of facilitating Israel’s alleged violations of the historic peace settlement.
“Is this a joke?” Tlaib wrote on X concerning an announcement from Secretary of State Antony Blinken to mark the event.
“You supported sending more U.S. made bombs being used to commit war crimes. The government of Israel bombed hospitals, schools, and tents full of displaced Palestinians. How can you say you are for respecting international human rights laws?”
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib goes after Secretary of State Antony Blinken over Israel. (Getty Images)
Blinken had stated, “Today we commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The United States reaffirms our steadfast commitment to respecting international humanitarian law and mitigating suffering in armed conflict. We call on others to do the same.”
The Geneva Conventions of 1949 is a set of 4 peace treaties affirming requirements for the therapy of civilians, prisoners of struggle and different noncombatants.
Her feedback come as Israel’s army readies for a probably imminent assault by Iran in retaliation for the killing of Hamas’ political chief in Tehran.
Despite being a Democrat, Tlaib has been certainly one of President Biden’s harshest critics when it comes to Israel.
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib staged a silent protest throughout Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s tackle to Congress. (Fresh News)
Tlaib, the one Palestinian American in Congress, is a pacesetter within the rising faction of the progressive left who’re crucial of Democrats’ historically shut ties with Israel.
Those fractures have been on full show within the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023 assault by Hamas militants on southern Israel.
Twenty-two House Democrats voted with Republicans to censure Tlaib for her feedback on Israel on Nov. 7 final yr, a month after the assault.
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib been certainly one of President Biden’s harshest critics on Israel. (Anna Moneymaker)
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During Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s tackle to a joint session of Congress final month, Tlaib mounted a silent protest by holding an indication that learn “war criminal” on one aspect and “guilty of genocide” on the opposite.
She held the join many of the speech regardless of showing to be requested not to take action by House workers a number of instances.
Fresh News Digital reached out to the State Department for touch upon her latest remarks.
