Republican congressman Mike Waltz introduced a House resolution Monday to censure representatives Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley – members of the so-called Squad – accusing each of the congresswomen of "defending foreign terrorist organizations and inciting antisemitic attacks across the United States" and labeling Israel "an apartheid state."
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His motion also clearly delineated the differences between Israel, which he said was a "key ally and strategic partner of the United States" and one to which, since 1948, "Congress has offered unwavering support to its security, taking actions to defend itself and its "non-military targets," as opposed to the Gaza Strip's Hamas terrorist rulers.
He accused the Islamist group of committing war crimes by using civilians as human shields and firing thousands of rockets into Israeli territory.
In addition to drawing attention to Omar's comments equating the United States and Israel to Hamas in Gaza and the Taliban in Afghanistan, he highlighted that Tlaib had accused Israel of "ethnically cleansing" the Palestinians and "promoting racism and dehumanization."
Waltz also called out Ocasio-Cortez and Pressley for asserting that Israel's government routinely commits "human rights abuses."
He linked their claims and their promulgation across social media where between them, they have some 15 million followers on Twitter alone – to a significant uptick in violence and antisemitic hate crimes throughout the United States.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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