{"id":1928499,"date":"2023-05-11T00:25:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T04:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-promises-to-defy-speaker-mccarthy-hold-anti-israel-event-at-the-capitol\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T00:28:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T04:28:45","slug":"squad-member-promises-to-defy-speaker-mccarthy-hold-anti-israel-event-at-the-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-promises-to-defy-speaker-mccarthy-hold-anti-israel-event-at-the-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"Squad member vows to hold anti-Israel event at Capitol, defying Speaker McCarthy."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fsquad-member-promises-to-defy-speaker-mccarthy-hold-anti-israel-event-at-the-capitol%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=1928499&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--><h2>Liberal Congresswoman Defies Speaker McCarthy, Plans Event Recognizing al-Nakba<\/h2>\n<h3>Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) Refuses to Back Down<\/h3>\n<p>Liberal \u201csquad\u201d member Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) announced on Wednesday that she planned to defy House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and hold an event recognizing al-Nakba \u2014 \u201cthe catastrophe\u201d \u2014 which is how many Arabs refer to the creation of the Israeli state and the time since.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy nixed the event, which was scheduled for Wednesday, saying in a statement, \u201cIt\u2019s wrong for members of Congress to traffic in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-religious-groups-begin-turning-up-heat-on-gop-to-take-action-on-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump, Religious Groups Begin Turning Up Heat On GOP To Take Action On Marjorie Taylor Greene\">antisemitic tropes<\/a> about Israel. As long as I\u2019m speaker, we are going to support Israel\u2019s right to self-determination and self-defense, unequivocally and in a bipartisan fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Tlaib responded with a statement of her own on Wednesday afternoon, declaring her intention to forge ahead with or without McCarthy\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaker McCarthy wants to rewrite history and erase the existence and truth of the Palestinian people, but he has failed to do so. This event is planned to bring awareness about the Nakba and create space for Palestinian Americans who experienced the Nakba firsthand to tell their stories of trauma and survival,\u201d Tlaib said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fully plan on moving forward with this event and we will continue to ensure that Palestinian voices are heard. We will not be silenced,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<h3>Event Description<\/h3>\n<p>The Eventbrite page describes Tlaib\u2019s event as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 15th marks 75 years since the beginning of the Nakba, which means \u2018catastrophe.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Seventy-five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-governor-breaks-his-own-covid-rules-to-eat-fancy-french-food\/\" title=\"Ca. Governor Breaks His Own COVID Rules To Eat Fancy French Food\">years ago<\/a>, Zionist militias and the new Israeli military violently expelled approximately three-quarters of all Palestinians from their homes and homeland in what became the state of Israel.<\/li>\n<li>To uplift the experiences of Palestinians who underwent the Nakba, and educate Members of Congress and their staff about this history and the ongoing Nakba to which Israel continues to subject Palestinians, we\u2019ve partnered together to host this congressional and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-promises-to-defy-speaker-mccarthy-hold-anti-israel-event-at-the-capitol\/\" title=\"Squad member vows to hold anti-Israel event at Capitol, defying Speaker McCarthy.\">community educational event<\/a>, to be followed immediately afterward by dinner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Organizers for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faith-leaders-get-covid-19-vaccine-to-encourage-vaccination\/\" title=\"Faith Leaders Get Covid-19 Vaccine To Encourage Vaccination\">event included<\/a> the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU), Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action), Project48, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Virginia Coalition for Human Rights (VCHR), Emgage Action, and Jewish Voice for Peace Action (JVP Action).<\/p>\n<h3>ADL CEO Backs McCarthy\u2019s Move to Cancel Event<\/h3>\n<p>Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt backed McCarthy\u2019s move to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-i-got-a-covid-test-four-times-in-one-day-two-came-back-negative-two-came-back-positive-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Elon Musk: I Got A COVID Test Four Times In One Day. \u2018Two Came Back Negative, Two Came Back Positive.\u2019 | The Daily Wire\">cancel<\/a> the event, saying that it was fine to have a conversation about the issues \u2014 \u201cbut not at an event co-sponsored by people who traffic in #antisemitism and #hate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grateful @SpeakerMcCarthy took rapid action. There\u2019s room to talk about the issues \u2014 but not at an event co-sponsored by people who traffic in #antisemitism and #hate. https:\/\/t.co\/BM4FZe4r6s https:\/\/t.co\/psyf8pUEyO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberal \u201csquad\u201d member Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) announced on Wednesday that she planned to defy House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and hold an event recognizing al-Nakba \u2014 \u201cthe catastrophe\u201d \u2014 which is how many Arabs refer to the creation of the Israeli state and the time since. McCarthy nixed the event, which was scheduled for Wednesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1928500,"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":[541],"tags":[9305,5845,4172,18409,4864,4920,3663,5654,5099],"class_list":["post-1928499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-squad","tag-anti-israel","tag-capitol","tag-defying","tag-event","tag-hold","tag-mccarthy","tag-speaker","tag-vows"],"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\/1928499","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1928499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1928500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1928499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1928499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1928499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}