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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., stated Saturday that U.S. coverage towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “does not add up” as Israel’s warfare in opposition to Hamas terrorists continues.
Omar has been important of Israel’s authorities since Hamas launched its shock assault in opposition to the Jewish State on Oct. 7.
“U.S. coverage is basically that Netanyahu has no achievable objectives in Gaza and a floor invasion dangers regional warfare, together with potential US troops. And in addition we must always give him $14 billion in weapons with no restrictions, and say there are not any pink traces as he bombs refugee camps,” Omar wrote Saturday on X, the platform previously referred to as Twitter.
“See how this doesn’t add up?” she added.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., stated Saturday that U.S. coverage towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “does not add up.” (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Pictures)
Greater than 10,000 individuals have been killed in Gaza and Israel since Hamas launched its largest assault in opposition to Israel in many years on Oct. 7, resulting in retaliatory motion from Israeli forces. 1000’s extra have been wounded, and lots of others have been taken hostage by Hamas and raped, tortured and murdered.
Omar is amongst greater than a dozen progressive Democrats within the Home to have co-sponsored a decision final month calling for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. She was additionally one of many greater than 20 Home members who voted in opposition to a separate decision calling on directors at U.S. universities to sentence antisemitism on their campuses and to make sure that Jewish college and college students can train free speech with out intimidation.
Final week, the White Home known as for a “humanitarian pause” within the warfare between Israel and Hamas to permit help into Gaza, but it surely has argued in opposition to a cease-fire. The Biden administration has strongly supported Israel in its warfare in opposition to Hamas, together with backing its proper to defend itself and pledging billions in help.
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Omar has been important of Israel’s authorities since Hamas launched its shock assault in opposition to the Jewish State on Oct. 7. (AP Picture/Morry Gash)
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Netanyahu informed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a gathering on Friday that Israel “refuses a short lived cease-fire that doesn’t embrace the discharge of our hostages. Israel is not going to allow the entry of gasoline to Gaza and opposes sending cash to the Strip,” The Instances of Israel reported.
Omar’s feedback come after fellow progressive Rep. Rashida, D-Mich., criticized Biden in a video posted to X on Friday, through which she accused the president of “assist[ing] the genocide of the Palestinian individuals” for his administration’s assist for Israel. A proposal to censure Tlaib over a number of statements important of Israel didn’t move final week.
