Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mich., unsuccessfully introduced amendments to the bill that would have blocked Hamas from providing aid to Israel unless the hostages are released and a ceasefire is reached. It ended in location, a measure that the terrorist group has repeatedly rejected.
The House Rules Committee refused to consider the bill, and House lawmakers on Saturday voted overwhelmingly bipartisan for a $26 billion foreign aid bill that would provide funding for Israel and humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. showed support.
The failed amendments called for a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the release of hostages held by terrorist organizations and “arbitrarily detained Palestinians” held by Israel, and a Diplomacy was needed to ensure self-determination for both sides of the Israeli people.
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Democratic Congressmen Cori Bush (D-Missouri) (left) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) have been vocal critics of Israel. Two lawmakers introduced an unsuccessful amendment this week that would have blocked Israel from receiving vital military aid. (Getty Images)
However, Hamas has rejected multiple ceasefire proposals calling for the release of hostages held by terrorist fighters since October 7.
“This bill passed today is a death warrant. It’s a death warrant for the Palestinian people,” President Bush said Saturday at an anti-Israel rally at the Capitol. “What that means is a death warrant. Apparently it means that Palestinians are not valued that much and their lives are not worth as much as the lives of Israelis. And I said, I have to say, it’s a shame for those who feel that way.” ”
Progressive Democrats are calling on the Biden administration to halt aid to Israel, citing concerns over the fighting in the Gaza Strip, the unfolding humanitarian crisis there, and the deaths of three residents in Hamas-controlled territory. There is.
On Friday, President Bush said Congress was inciting genocide rather than saving Palestinian lives. Tlaib, who has Palestinian roots, has been a vocal critic of Israel since before Oct. 7.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson led passage of the bill, which includes $26 billion in aid to Israel and Gaza. (Jiang Haiyun/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
FOX News Digital has reached out to Tlaib’s office.
Most Republicans are unanimous in their support for Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Many critics have accused the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which is fighting Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip, of committing genocide. Israeli and US leaders have pushed back against these claims.
President Bush said, “If we don’t act now, if we don’t say a ceasefire now, so many people are going to die.” “So we didn’t need 34,000 people and tens of thousands more trapped under rubble and more people starving to death. We don’t need to starve now:
“We don’t need 200,000 buildings to be destroyed and destroyed, entire communities to disappear, hospitals to disappear, educational institutions to disappear,” she added. “We don’t have to be there right now. That’s right. We will not stop fighting for humanity. We will stop fighting for each Palestinian, each person in the region. Because they are going further than Gaza. ”
Israel launched limited strikes against Iran on Friday. (IRGC)
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recently israel conducted a limited strike The attack was carried out against Iran in retaliation for Tehran’s barrage of airstrikes against Israel, and was the first direct attack by an Islamic fundamentalist government. No major damage or casualties were reported in either incident.
