“Too many are silent or dismissive as our U.S. tax dollars continue to be used for this kind of inhumanity,” tweeted Tlaib, who was born to Palestinian parents who immigrated to the US.
Too many are silent or dismissive as our U.S. tax dollars continue to be used for this kind of inhumanity.I am tired of people functioning from a place of fear rather than doing what’s right because of the bullying by pro-Israel lobbyists. This is apartheid, plain and simple. https://t.co/VSYP7wrGUD— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) May 8, 2021
She was not the only US politician to issue a comment. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) tweeted against the Israeli police use of tear gas in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the Temple Mount, knowns to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif.
This is happening as Muslims pray tarawih & tahajud in Palestine.Families who pray all night during Ramadan, the mosque is like home.Palestinians deserve to find refuge in a mosque and peace in Ramadan.Where is the media coverage?up against Israeli occupation terror. https://t.co/qoVVEyBMA6— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) May 8, 2021
As this makes clear, evictions of families in East Jerusalem would violate international law. If the Biden Administration puts the rule of law and human rights at the heart of its foreign policy, this is not a moment for tepid statements.
https://t.co/BQbBZYhjuJ— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) May 9, 2021
The United States must speak out strongly against the violence by government-allied Israeli extremists in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, and make clear that the evictions of Palestinian families must not go forward.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) May 8, 2021
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