House Speaker McCarthy blocks Democrat "Squad" member from hosting Capitol anti-Israel event

[Valletta]

“It’s wrong for members of Congress to traffic in anti-Semitic tropes about Israel,” McCarthy told the Washington Free Beacon. “As long as I’m Speaker, we are going to support Israel’s right to self-determination and self-defense, unequivocally and in a bipartisan fashion.”

House Speaker McCarthy blocks Rashida Tlaib from hosting Capitol anti-Israel event

Republican lawmaker reserves Visitor Center space that Democratic congresswoman wanted to use for Nakba meet, says he will hold celebration of 75 years of US-Israel ties instead

www.timesofisrael.com

Too many people have been silent for too long against efforts to reshape our culture. Racism has no place in America.

 

[Fantine]

Talib is Palestinian. The creation of Israel was a disaster for the Palestinians.

While Jews comprise 74% of Israel's population, another 29% are Arabs/Palestinians. They are routinely persecuted--tortured with noise bombs over their communities, forced to wait hours at long checkpoints, disrupting their commutes to work, etc.

Peace will require compromise. If Israelis and Palestinians could resolve their differences, other nations in the Middle East would be far more likely to accept Israel's legitimacy.

Many Israelis reject the bellicose policies of Netanyahu and his supporters.

 

[Valletta]

Talib is Palestinian. The creation of Israel was a disaster for the Palestinians.

While Jews comprise 74% of Israel's population, another 29% are Arabs/Palestinians. They are routinely persecuted--tortured with noise bombs over their communities, forced to wait hours at long checkpoints, disrupting their commutes to work, etc.

Peace will require compromise. If Israelis and Palestinians could resolve their differences, other nations in the Middle East would be far more likely to accept Israel's legitimacy.

Many Israelis reject the bellicose policies of Netanyahu and his supporters.

The Palestinian continue to fire rockets from the Gaza strip. Just today, May 10, they fired 270 rockets! IronDome only intercepted 62. The Palestinians seem to have plenty of money for rockets, why not use that money instead to help Palestinian families?

 

[iluvatar5150]

“It’s wrong for members of Congress to traffic in anti-Semitic tropes about Israel,” McCarthy told the Washington Free Beacon. “As long as I’m Speaker, we are going to support Israel’s right to self-determination and self-defense, unequivocally and in a bipartisan fashion.”

House Speaker McCarthy blocks Rashida Tlaib from hosting Capitol anti-Israel event

Republican lawmaker reserves Visitor Center space that Democratic congresswoman wanted to use for Nakba meet, says he will hold celebration of 75 years of US-Israel ties instead

www.timesofisrael.com

Too many people have been silent for too long against efforts to reshape our culture.

What culture is that? Kicking indigenous people out of their homes?

Racism has no place in America.

lol, where were you when Trump told the Squad to go back to their home countries and that they didn't have any business participating in American government?

 

[Valletta]

What culture is that? Kicking indigenous people out of their homes?



lol, where were you when Trump told the Squad to go back to their home countries and that they didn't have any business participating in American government?

We need to stand up against all racism, whether it be CRT in the classrooms or deciding who goes to our universities based on race or legislation passed by Congress that discriminates by race.

 

[Friedrich Rubinstein]

What culture is that? Kicking indigenous people out of their homes?

It does not lack a certain irony when Americans want to lecture others about how to treat indigenous people. Unfortunately, it is general knowledge that the so-called Palestinians are not the indigenous people of the land of Israel.

 

[Always in His Presence]

It does not lack a certain irony when Americans want to lecture others about how to treat indigenous people.

Can you name a modern country that did not have cause an effect on indigenous people?

Unfortunately, it is general knowledge that the so-called Palestinians are not the indigenous people of the land of Israel.

That is true! Thank you

 

[rambot]

Being critical of the state of Israel does not make you an anti-Semite.

But...yet again I feel we're about to get into a "no, this word means this" debate.

The Palestinian continue to fire rockets from the Gaza strip. Just today, May 10, they fired 270 rockets! IronDome only intercepted 62. The Palestinians seem to have plenty of money for rockets, why not use that money instead to help Palestinian families?

And the fact that you don't know what Israel is doing in the settlements (or at least, believe it has no bearing on why Palestine did that) tells me everything you need to know about your bias.


EVERYTHING in that area is a mess. EVerything is bad and veyr few people are innocent.

 

[rambot]

Every time there is a rocket attack warning people in Israel have to put the metal shutters over their windows. Not a great way to live.

So they still have their homes eh? They still have windows?

That's pretty sweet.

No idea about Palestinians eh?

 

[Valletta]

So they still have their homes eh? They still have windows?

That's pretty sweet.

No idea about Palestinians eh?

Oh I know. They begged for concrete and supplies to rebuild and they used the concrete to make tunnels to kill Israelis. They still get aid but now they have to be carefully watched. What kind of citizenry supports shooting rockets into a foreign country?

 

[Ana the Ist]

Talib is Palestinian. The creation of Israel was a disaster for the Palestinians.

I thought she was a US Senator?

While Jews comprise 74% of Israel's population, another 29% are Arabs/Palestinians.

Amazing. How many Jews make up the Palestinian population?

They are routinely persecuted--tortured with noise bombs over their communities, forced to wait hours at long checkpoints, disrupting their commutes to work, etc.

Unfortunately I remember the second Intifada. They get what they deserve.

Peace will require compromise.

Palestinians don't want compromise.

If Israelis and Palestinians could resolve their differences, other nations in the Middle East would be far more likely to accept Israel's legitimacy.

Under Trump, several middle east nations recognized Israel's legitimacy. You might have missed it.

 

[rambot]

Oh I know. They begged for concrete and supplies to rebuild and they used the concrete to make tunnels to kill Israelis. They still get aid but now they have to be carefully watched. What kind of citizenry supports shooting rockets into a foreign country?

Pfffft....The kind of citizenry who had their houses razed or simply taken from them. And it's been like this for months. I remember hearing about it on CBC in the middle of April and thinking "I wonder how long before Palestine retaliates and folks start blaming them for the attacks?" Turns out not very long.
Your ignorance on the conflict with Israel and Palestine boarders on prejudice.

Can also find PLENTY of video of some low quality Israeli people (racists, if you like) treating Palestinians like less than human.

 

[Desk trauma]

Good to see the lobbying money didn’t go to waste.

 

[Valletta]

Talib is Palestinian. The creation of Israel was a disaster for the Palestinians.

While Jews comprise 74% of Israel's population, another 29% are Arabs/Palestinians. They are routinely persecuted--tortured with noise bombs over their communities, forced to wait hours at long checkpoints, disrupting their commutes to work, etc.

Peace will require compromise. If Israelis and Palestinians could resolve their differences, other nations in the Middle East would be far more likely to accept Israel's legitimacy.

Many Israelis reject the bellicose policies of Netanyahu and his supporters.

This was a barbarous act of savagery, the terrorists goal is to kill as many Jews as possible. The rest of non-believers come after the Jews. Israel made a mistake by pulling their settlements and giving land to Gaza. Instead of embracing the olive branch soon after the Palestinians elected Hamas. I do have sympathy for those Palestinians who were not responsible and opposed Hamas, they were in the minority. Hopefully what is left of that minority has fled to the south as Israel has instructed. But the large number who have embraced and supported terrorism will reap what they have sowed. Israel will decide on the new government in Gaza and how much land Gaza will retain, and hopefully the United Nations will cooperate.

 

[FireDragon76]

It does not lack a certain irony when Americans want to lecture others about how to treat indigenous people. Unfortunately, it is general knowledge that the so-called Palestinians are not the indigenous people of the land of Israel.

No, it's not general knowledge. Study of the genetics of Palestinians shows that most are descended from people that have lived there for thousands of years, all the way back to the Canaanites:

The origin of Palestinians and their genetic relatedness with other Mediterranean populations - PubMed

The genetic profile of Palestinians has, for the first time, been studied by using human leukocyte antigen (HLA) gene variability and haplotypes. The comparison with other Mediterranean populations by using neighbor-joining dendrograms and correspondence analyses reveal that Palestinians are...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Valletta]

No, it's not general knowledge. Study of the genetics of Palestinians shows that most are descended from people that have lived there for thousands of years, all the way back to the Canaanites:

The origin of Palestinians and their genetic relatedness with other Mediterranean populations - PubMed

The genetic profile of Palestinians has, for the first time, been studied by using human leukocyte antigen (HLA) gene variability and haplotypes. The comparison with other Mediterranean populations by using neighbor-joining dendrograms and correspondence analyses reveal that Palestinians are...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

The Jews have lived there for three thousand years, with some periods when they were wiped out in the area. The Jews used to be referred to as the Palestinians.

 

[JustOneWay]

The Jews have lived there for three thousand years, with some periods when they were wiped out in the area. The Jews used to be referred to as the Palestinians.

If living on a land for such a long time somehow gives a right to land, then I wonder how Americans today would feel about if a world council like the United Nations decided to give giant swaths of land back to the indigenous people in North America? Just wondering how a scenario like this would cause tension and fighting here.