{"id":1928396,"date":"2023-05-10T22:40:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T02:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-mccarthy-blocks-rep-tlaibs-anti-israel-event-on-capitol-hill\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T22:42:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T02:42:37","slug":"speaker-mccarthy-blocks-rep-tlaibs-anti-israel-event-on-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-mccarthy-blocks-rep-tlaibs-anti-israel-event-on-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy stops Tlaib&#8217;s &#8216;anti-Israel&#8217; event in Capitol Hill."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspeaker-mccarthy-blocks-rep-tlaibs-anti-israel-event-on-capitol-hill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1928396&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has stirred up controversy by blocking Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) from hosting an event on Capitol Hill to commemorate the Nakba, which marks the Palestinian perspective on Israel\u2019s Independence Day. McCarthy has condemned Tlaib\u2019s anti-Israel event and is instead hosting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-condemn-passage-of-covid-relief-bill-bogged-down-by-left-wing-measures\/\" title=\"GOP senators condemn passage of COVID relief bill bogged down by left-wing measures\">bipartisan discussion<\/a> on the importance of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brexit-trade-deal-published-as-uk-calls-for-end-to-ugly-divisions\/\" title=\"Brexit trade deal published as UK calls for end to \u2018ugly\u2019 divisions\">special relationship<\/a> between Israel and America. As long as he is Speaker, McCarthy is committed to supporting Israel\u2019s right to self-determination and self-defense, unequivocally and in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/13-gop-lawmakers-join-letter-demanding-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-apologize-to-ted-cruz-over-attempted-murder-allegation\/\" title=\"13 GOP Lawmakers Join Letter Demanding Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Apologize To Ted Cruz Over \u2018Attempted Murder\u2019 Allegation\">bipartisan fashion<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Tlaib\u2019s blocked event was meant to commemorate the Nakba, or \u201ccatastrophe,\u201d of Israel\u2019s founding. The event was scheduled to be in the Capitol Visitor Center, where spaces can only be reserved by members of Congress. The invitation stated that the event aimed to educate Members of Congress and their staff about the history of the Nakba and the ongoing Nakba to which Israel continues to subject Palestinians. However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">advocacy groups<\/a> that organized the event have a reputation for anti-Semitic or anti-Israel sentiment. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to remember that there are always multiple perspectives on historical events, and it\u2019s crucial to engage in respectful dialogue and education. While McCarthy\u2019s decision to block Tlaib\u2019s event may be controversial, it\u2019s clear that he is committed to supporting Israel and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-mccarthy-blocks-rep-tlaibs-anti-israel-event-on-capitol-hill\/\" title=\"McCarthy stops Tlaib's 'anti-Israel' event in Capitol Hill.\">fostering bipartisan relationships<\/a>. Let\u2019s hope that future discussions and events can be held in a respectful and productive manner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has blocked Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) from hosting a May 10 event on Capitol Hill to commemorate the Nakba, which is how Palestinians label Israel\u2019s Independence Day. \u201cIt\u2019s wrong for members of Congress to traffic in anti-Semitic tropes about Israel. Not only do I condemn Rep. Tlaib\u2019s anti-Israel event on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1797,"featured_media":1928397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[5845,4172,4864,4460,3663,6395,26329],"class_list":["post-1928396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-anti-israel","tag-capitol","tag-event","tag-hill","tag-mccarthy","tag-stops","tag-tlaibs"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1797"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1928396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1928397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1928396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1928396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1928396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}