
<p>In a rare move, House lawmakers have censured Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the sole Palestinian American in Congress, over her ;remarks ;and actions in response to ;the Israel-Hamas war.</p>



<p>The censure resolution, authored by Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., passed 234 to 188, with 22 of her fellow Democrats voting for it and four Republicans opposing the measure. A ;censure ;vote only requires a ;simple majority ;to pass.</p>



<p>The resolution censures Tlaib, D-Mich., for “promoting false narratives regarding the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and for calling for the “destruction of the state of Israel.”</p>



<p>The punishment, while largely symbolic, was a formal public rebuke of her most recent ;<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/israel" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">anti-Israel comments</a> ;made in the wake of the Jewish nation’s war against terror group Hamas. ;</p>



<p>&#8220;If this is not worthy of censure, what is? When you can call for the annihilation of a country and its people, if that’s not worthy of a censure, what is?&#8221; McCormick said on the House floor Tuesday. ;</p>



<p>Tlaib, who has made similar antisemitic and anti-Israel comments in the past, this time has come under bipartisan criticism after sharing a video on social platform X that included the phrase &#8220;From the river to the sea,&#8221; a pro-Palestinian liberation slogan.</p>



<p>Her critics have pointed out that the rallying cry implicitly calls for the destruction of Israel as a state. Hamas has also co-opted the phrase.</p>



<p>&#8220;It is fundamentally a call for a Palestinian state extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, territory that includes the State of Israel, which would mean the dismantling of the Jewish state,&#8221; the Anti-Defamation League’s website says. &#8220;It is an antisemitic charge denying the Jewish right to self-determination, including through the removal of Jews from their ancestral homeland.&#8221;</p>



<p>Tlaib has remained unrepentant over her use of the phrase. ;</p>



<p>&#8220;It is important to separate people and governments,&#8221; she said on the House floor earlier in the day. &#8220;The idea that criticizing the Israeli government is antisemitic sets a dangerous precedent.&#8221;</p>

Tlaib Censured for Antisemitic Remarks in Support of Hamas!
