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Rashida Tlaib Will Host Congressional Event To Mourn 'Catastrophe' of Israel's Founding

2023-05-09

[Free Beacon] Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) will host a congressional event this week to mourn Israel's founding alongside an array of anti-Israel groups, some of which have defended terrorism.

The Wednesday event marks the "Nakba," a Palestinian term for the creation of Israel that loosely translates as "catastrophe." Though Tlaib is listed as a "special guest" on the invitation, the event will take place at the Capitol Visitor Center, whose event space can only be reserved by a sitting member of Congress.

Tlaib's cosponsors include Jewish Voice for Peace, a "radical anti-Israel activist group" that pushes the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement

...an astroturf project of the PLO for the purpose of first driving Israel out of polite society, then making the country Judenfrei...

and has come under fire for glorifying Palestinian terrorism. Other organizers include Emgage Action, another BDS supporter that claims Israel is an "apartheid state," and Americans for Justice in Palestine Action, an advocacy group that claims Jewish money is infecting politics.

The event is Tlaib's latest effort to give a mainstream platform to organizations long shunned by the majority of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. The Democratic "Squad" member has accused American Jews of having dual loyalties to Israel. Last year, she spoke at a Nakba rally with a pro-Hamas newspaper editor who has encouraged Palestinians to attack Israelis, the Washington Free Beacon reported.

Nakba celebrations are common among anti-Israel groups and supporters of the Palestinian government who seek to delegitimize the Jewish state.

The invitation for Wednesday's event accuses "Zionist militias" of violently expelling Palestinians from the region when Israel was created in 1948 and maintains that Israel continues to brutalize Palestinians.

Posted by:Besoeker

#16 Dems love getting on MTG's case...funny how that happens.

Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-05-09 21:59

#15 Just like Pramila Jayapal, she looks like the dog that caught the parked car. Hate internal shows externally

Posted by: Frank G 2023-05-09 19:37

#14 Rep Rawhide's anti-Semitism raises its ugly head once again.

Posted by: JohnQC 2023-05-09 17:47

#13 The Dems and Biden stand behind Hamas
And it will cost them no votes, especially among American Jews

Posted by: Regular joe 2023-05-09 16:29

#12 Rashida (means "Righteous"} Tlaib (means "Seeker") in Arabic. Hamas means "Zeal" which is the name of a Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist movement engaged in grass-roots organizing and armed resistance and terrorism against Israel.

The Democrats and Biden stand with Hamas.

Posted by: Ebbimp Lover of the Trolls5787 2023-05-09 15:35

#11 I recommend starting the event with a reading from the book of Joshua.

Posted by: Super Hose 2023-05-09 12:26

#10 Hard pressed to understand how the creation of a nation that has been a long-standing ally (with glitches at times) can be reason to hold an event described as "mourning". More importantly, her so doing does not make the event "congressional" merely obnoxious, toxic and overtly anti-Semitic, but she is Hamas though and through. Where, oh where, is the SPLC on covering this?

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-05-09 12:09

#9 and how can we put a stop to it?

Look at that nice list of organizations in the article for you to support, dear Hupainter Peacock1045. They’ll give you the affirmation you crave. Several other articles contain more suggestions along those lines, though the company you’d have to keep may offend your amour propre.

Posted by: trailing wife 2023-05-09 11:00

#8 Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., ~~Mich.~~Hamas)...

FIFY.

Posted by: Nero 2023-05-09 10:29

#7 Rashida was born a POS and she will die a POS

The only good she is ever going to do for the world is as fertilizer after she dies.

Posted by: DarthVader 2023-05-09 10:20

#6 Hope she gets to present this at the DNC Prez convention.

Even better if she gets to second a nomination.

Posted by: lord garth 2023-05-09 10:09

#5 "Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) will host a congressional event this week"

Let's see who else shows up.

Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-05-09 07:44

#4 Ratshita...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-05-09 07:11

#3 Rashida was born a POS and she will die a POS and there is nothing she can do to change that.

Posted by: Elminens Chusorong3648 2023-05-09 06:46

#2 /\ More study needed there Hup.

Posted by: Besoeker 2023-05-09 05:36

#1 "The event is Tlaib's latest effort to give a mainstream platform to organizations long shunned by the majority of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle."

Why can Israel reach so deeply into our society as to control our legislature to their own benefit? How did this happen, and how can we put a stop to it?

We must stop making decisions that harm ourselves and benefit others. America first!

Posted by: Hupainter Peacock1045 2023-05-09 04:43

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