{"id":583371,"date":"2023-07-19T01:29:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/house-approves-pro-israel-resolution-after-outcry-over-jayapal-comments\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T01:29:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:29:52","slug":"house-approves-pro-israel-resolution-after-outcry-over-jayapal-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/house-approves-pro-israel-resolution-after-outcry-over-jayapal-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"#House approves pro-Israel resolution after outcry over Jayapal comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/jayapalpramila_052423tc01_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The House voted overwhelmingly to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>rove a resolution Tuesday backing Israel and condemning antisemitism, a move sparked by recent comments from Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) that ignited a firestorm on Capitol Hill and highlighted Democratic divisions on the highly delicate topic of Israel-Palestine relations.<\/p>\n<p>The vote was 412-9-1 to endorse the symbolic measure, which says Israel \u201cis not a racist or apartheid state,\u201d rejects antisemitism and xenophobia in all forms and declares that the U.S. \u201cwill always be a staunch partner and supporter of Israel.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The lone opponents were liberal Democrats \u2014 most of them members of the far-left Squad \u2014 who have been highly critical of Israel\u2019s human rights record toward Palestinians, particularly under the conservative administration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal is among those Netanyahu critics, but her comments Saturday went further, denouncing Israel more broadly as a \u201cracist state.\u201d The remarks prompted widespread condemnation from members of both parties and led Jayapal to issue a clarification \u2014\u00a0and an apology \u2014\u00a0a day later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The reversal did nothing to satisfy her Republican critics, however, and GOP leaders fast-tracked Tuesday\u2019s vote to come just before Congress welcomes Israeli President Isaac Herzog to the Capitol Wednesday for a visit reaffirming the relationship between Washington and Jerusalem \u2014\u00a0a speech that several progressives have said they will boycott.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve heard disgusting statements from other members of the aisle against Israel,\u201d Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas), the sponsor of the resolution, said on the House floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom my standpoint, we look at Israel as the most important partner in the Middle East,\u201d he later added. \u201cAnd tomorrow, in fact, as we welcome President Herzog to this very body, to the United States, to a joint address of Congress, it\u2019s critical for the U.S. Congress to send a unified message that we stand with Israel and that we unequivocally support our Jewish communities. There is no place for hate, for hateful words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the vote also represented an opportunity for Republicans to splinter Democrats on the sensitive matter of Israel which, for years, has been a political lightning rod, pitting liberals concerned with human rights issues related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict against party leaders leery of upsetting diplomatic relations with America\u2019s closest Middle Eastern ally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>That dynamic was on full display Tuesday, when nine Democrats\u00a0opposed the resolution, some taking issue with the inclusion of the phrase \u201capartheid state\u201d in the measure.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.), Summer Lee (Pa.), Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Cori Bush (Mo.), Andr\u00e9 Carson (Ind.), Delia Ramirez (Ill.) and Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) voted \u201cno,\u201d while Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) voted \u201cpresent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an impassioned speech during debate on the House floor, Tlaib, Congress\u2019s only Palestinian American, argued that Israel is an apartheid state, pointing to nongovernment organizations that she said have come to that determination and quoting members of the Israeli government who have made comments targeting Palestinians.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIsrael is an apartheid state,\u201d Tlaib said. \u201cThe government is deeply problematic in the way that they are proceeding in the structure of oppression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib is one of several liberals planning to skip Herzog\u2019s speech Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most notable supporters was Jayapal herself, who told reporters after the vote that the resolution was \u201ca political ploy by Republicans to target Democrats and try to divide us.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cInstead of calling attention to the fact that they refuse to do the work of the American people, they\u2019re trying to s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> our freedoms away from us,\u201d Jayapal said. \u201cBut I am not gonna be bullied by their political <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s and I\u2019m not gonna let them, you know, try to continue this debate, so I voted yes on the resolution and I stand by my statement and I\u2019m gonna continue to speak out in the way that I have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans, for their part, were quick to point out the Democratic opposition to the resolution, painting those lawmakers as anti-Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope we have 435 \u2018yes\u2019 votes and no \u2018no\u2019 votes,\u201d Pfluger said in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepPfluger\/status\/1681376575516987392?s=20\">video on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0shortly before the vote. \u201cUnfortunately, it appears that some Democrats will not side with Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Democrats dismissed those criticisms as a case of petty politics, accusing Republicans of purposefully ignoring the sharp distinction between condemning a government\u2019s policies and denouncing that country\u2019s right to sovereignty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a difference between criticizing the right of Israel to exist, which is beyond the pale, and criticizing the conduct of the Israeli government, which I think is horrible,\u201d Rep.\u00a0Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), a progressive Jewish lawmaker, said Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd obviously, we all talk about the need for a two-state solution because there are two peoples that have to share that land. And the government of Israel is making it as impossible as they can, as rapidly as they can, for that to happen,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s vote came as Republicans are grappling with their own scandals involving race and ethnicity, after a pair of lawmakers last week made racially explosive remarks about African Americans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>GOP leaders have also been on the defensive this week for staging a hearing featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a key witness. Kennedy has been under fire for saying the COVID-19 virus spared certain Jewish populations, putting Republicans into the tough spot of condemning antisemitism while providing a platform for a figure accused of being antisemitic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The high-profile vote came days after Jayapal, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, declared at a progressive conference in Chicago that \u201cIsrael is a racist state\u201d as Palestinian protesters disrupted a panel discussion with three Congressional lawmakers.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI want you to know that we have been fighting to make it clear that Israel is a racist state, that the Palestinian people deserve self-determination and autonomy,\u201d she said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), a Jewish lawmaker who was also sitting on the panel, said Monday that the activist group protesting at the conference has gone after her for years \u2014\u00a0picketing at her house and refusing to leave her district office \u2014\u00a0and that Jayapal was opposing \u201can attack on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jayapal.house.gov\/2023\/07\/16\/jayapal-statement-on-israel-comments\/\">issued a lengthy statement<\/a>\u00a0one day later that said, \u201cI do not believe the idea of Israel as a nation is racist,\u201d and she apologized \u201cto those who I have hurt with my words\u201d while also sharply criticizing the conservative government led by Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>The backtrack, however, was not enough to quell the criticism, even within Jayapal\u2019s party. Democratic leadership issued a rare joint statement that, without naming Jayapal, pushed back on her comments \u2014\u00a0\u201dIsrael is not a racist state\u201d \u2014 and a separate statement from 43 House Democrats said they were \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d about her \u201cunacceptable comments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will never allow anti-Zionist voices that embolden antisemitism to undermine and disrupt the strongly bipartisan consensus supporting the U.S.-Israel relationship that has existed for decades,\u201d the group of 43 wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday was not the first time the House has taken action in response to comments made by Democrats that were panned as antisemitic.<\/p>\n<p>The House in 2019 approved a resolution\u00a0condemning \u201canti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism, and other forms of bigotry\u201d in a 407-23 vote, which was staged after Omar drew criticism for saying that pro-Israel advocates are pushing \u201callegiance to a foreign country,\u201d which she later apologized for.<\/p>\n<p>And in February, House Republicans voted to remove Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee as a rebuke for those, and other, remarks Republicans have labeled antisemitic.<\/p>\n<p><em>Updated: 7:15 p.m. ET<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. 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