{"id":1974767,"date":"2023-07-16T21:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T01:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-house-lawmaker-apologizes-for-racist-state-comment-targeting-israel\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T21:04:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T01:04:04","slug":"progressive-house-lawmaker-apologizes-for-racist-state-comment-targeting-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-house-lawmaker-apologizes-for-racist-state-comment-targeting-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive lawmaker apologizes for offensive remark about Israel"},"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\">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%2Fprogressive-house-lawmaker-apologizes-for-racist-state-comment-targeting-israel%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=1974767&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>Apology Issued\u2062 by \u2064Rep. Pramila Jayapal for\u200d Controversial\u200d Comments\u200c on\u200d Israel<\/h2>\n<p>A member of \u200done \u200bof \u2063the House&#8217;s\u2064 more \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-house-lawmaker-apologizes-for-racist-state-comment-targeting-israel\/\" title=\"Progressive lawmaker apologizes for offensive remark about Israel\">progressive cliques<\/a>, dubbed\u2062 &#8220;the Squad,&#8221;\u2064 has recently\u200d issued an \u200capology \u200cafter facing\u200b backlash \u200bfor their\u200c comments \u200daccusing Israel of discrimination. \u200dRep. Pramila\u200c Jayapal\u200b (D-WA)\u200c took to Twitter on Sunday\u200c to express \u200cher regret after \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prosecutors-offer-plea-deal-to-nyc-lawyers-who-firebombed-police-vehicle\/\" title=\"Prosecutors Offer Plea Deal to NYC Lawyers Who Firebombed Police Vehicle\">video captured<\/a> her stating \u2064that \u200dshe \u200cbelieved Israel \u200dis \u200da \u2062&#8221;racist state&#8221; during\u200b a conference in Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>During\u2063 the\u200b Netroots Nation \u2062conference \u2064on \u200bSaturday, Jayapal \u2063was interrupted by\u200c pro-Palestinian protesters. Despite the\u200c interruption,\u2063 she made \u200cher stance clear, saying, &#8220;I want \u200byou to know\u2064 that\u200b we \u200chave \u2062been fighting \u2063to \u200dmake it clear that \u200dIsrael \u200dis a racist state.&#8221;\u2063 She also emphasized the importance\u2064 of\u200d self-determination\u2063 and autonomy for the Palestinian\u2062 people, \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stunning-hypocrisy-demon-nancy-pelosi-cheers-national-guard-troops-in-dc-today-after-she-attacked-trump-for-sending-in-national-guard-during-dc-blm-riots\/\" title=\"STUNNING HYPOCRISY: Demon Nancy Pelosi Cheers National Guard Troops in DC Today After She Attacked Trump For Sending in National Guard During DC BLM Riots\">expressing concern<\/a>\u200d that the \u2062dream\u2064 of \u2062a\u200d two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-expects-ties-visit-by-morocco-to-israel-next-week\/\" title=\"Netanyahu expects ties visit by Morocco to Israel next week\">-state solution<\/a> is\u200d slipping\u200c away.<\/p>\n<h3>Clarification and\u200b Shift \u2064in \u200cTone<\/h3>\n<p>However, Jayapal\u2063 appeared \u2062to backtrack on\u2064 her remarks\u2064 later on \u200cSunday.\u200b In \u2062a statement, she \u2064acknowledged the\u2063 significance\u2062 of words \u200cand clarified\u2063 her position, stating,\u2064 &#8220;I do\u2063 not believe the\u2062 idea \u200dof Israel \u2064as \u200ba\u200c nation is \u200cracist.&#8221; She reiterated her support \u2063for\u200b the \u200cPalestinian people&#8217;s right to self-determination and autonomy, emphasizing the urgency\u2062 of preserving\u2063 the possibility\u2062 of \u2064a \u200btwo-state solution.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, \u2064the \u200ccongresswoman \u200chas shifted her focus, \u200bnow \u200daccusing Israeli Prime\u200b Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s\u2062 government\u2062 of implementing &#8220;extreme right-wing&#8221; \u200cpolicies.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u200bimportant \u200cto engage in\u2064 constructive \u2062dialogue and promote\u200d understanding\u2064 when\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charles-lipson-can-desantis-get-past-the-donald\/\" title=\"Charles Lipson: Can DeSantis Get Past the Donald?\">discussing sensitive topics<\/a>\u2062 like this. Words have \u200cthe power to \u2064shape perceptions \u2062and impact relationships, and\u200b it is crucial to approach\u2063 such discussions with \u200dempathy\u2062 and respect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here \u200dto\u2064 read more \u200dfrom\u2064 The \u2064Washington \u200bExaminer.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), a member of the progressive &#8220;Squad,&#8221; has apologized for her comments accusing Israel of discrimination. After facing backlash, she took to Twitter to express regret for her statement, which was captured on video during a conference in Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1974768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1974767","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}