{"id":1975605,"date":"2023-07-17T20:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T00:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jayapal-tries-to-walk-back-israel-is-a-racist-state-comments\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T20:07:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T00:07:45","slug":"jayapal-tries-to-walk-back-israel-is-a-racist-state-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jayapal-tries-to-walk-back-israel-is-a-racist-state-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Jayapal attempts to retract &#8216;Israel is a racist state&#8217; statement."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fjayapal-tries-to-walk-back-israel-is-a-racist-state-comments%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=1975605&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>Far-left Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) Faces Backlash \u2064Over\u2062 Anti-Israel Comments<\/h2>\n<p>Far-left \u200cRep. Pramila\u200c Jayapal (D-WA) is facing condemnation from \u200dfellow \u2063House Democrats after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/incoming-nyc-schools-chancellor-backs-claim-that-america-was-built-on-lies\/\" title=\"Incoming NYC Schools Chancellor Backs Claim That America Was \u2018Built On Lies\u2019\">making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-to-oust-rep-greene-from-two-committees\/\" title=\"House votes to oust Rep. Greene from two committees\">controversial statements<\/a><\/a>\u2063 about\u2064 Israel. During \u2062a \u2064panel \u2064discussion with \u2064fellow hardliners \u2062Reps.\u200b Jan\u200d Schakowsky (D-IL) and Chuy\u2064 Garcia (D-AZ), anti-Israel demonstrators chanted that &#8220;Israel is\u2062 a racist \u2063state,&#8221; \u200bto which \u200dJayapal \u200cresponded, &#8220;I \u200cwant\u2064 you to know that we\u2062 have been fighting to make \u2062it clear that\u2062 Israel is a racist \u2062state, that the Palestinian \u200cpeople deserve self-determination and autonomy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c comments drew applause and\u200b cheers \u200dfrom some\u2063 members of\u200d the \u200daudience but were soon rebuked by \u200dfellow Democrats. In a\u2062 letter \u2062from the House Democratic leadership, it was stated, &#8220;Israel is not a racist state.\u200c America \u2063and Israel have\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jayapal-tries-to-walk-back-israel-is-a-racist-state-comments\/\" title=\"Jayapal attempts to retract 'Israel is a racist state' statement.\">uniquely \u200dspecial relationship anchored<\/a> in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-holds-first-phone-call-with-ukraine-president\/\" title=\"Biden holds first phone call with Ukraine president\">shared democratic values<\/a> \u2063and \u200cstrategic interests. As \u200cHouse\u2063 Democratic\u2062 leaders, we strongly support Israel\u2019s right\u2062 to exist as a homeland \u200dfor the Jewish people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following\u200d the backlash, Jayapal released a statement attempting \u200dto clarify \u2062her comments. She stated, &#8220;I attempted to defuse a\u200c tense\u2064 situation during a panel where\u200c fellow members of\u2064 Congress\u200d were being protested. Words\u2062 do matter, and so \u200bit is \u2062important that I\u2063 clarify my statement. I do \u2063not \u200cbelieve \u200bthe idea of Israel \u200bas a\u200b nation is racist.&#8221; However, she criticized Israeli Prime Minister\u200b Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing his government\u2063 of engaging \u200bin discriminatory \u200dand racist policies.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2064separate letter \u2062from \u2063a\u2064 group of Jewish\u200c Democrats expressed &#8220;deep concern&#8221; \u200cover Jayapal&#8217;s\u200c remarks, calling them \u200d&#8221;unacceptable.&#8221; \u2063The letter emphasized that anti-Zionist voices \u2063that embolden antisemitism should not be allowed to\u200b hijack the Democratic Party and the country.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)\u2064 called upon House Minority Leader\u2063 Hakeem Jeffries to\u200d address Jayapal&#8217;s and other Democrats&#8217; anti-Israel \u200dcomments, \u200chighlighting \u200cthat\u200d this\u2062 is not \u200bthe first time such remarks have been\u2064 made within the Democratic conference. McCarthy referenced Rep. Ilhan Omar&#8217;s (D-MN) previous comparison of \u2063Israel\u2063 with the Taliban and other controversial statements.<\/p>\n<p>These\u2062 comments from Jayapal\u200d come\u200c ahead of \u2063Israeli \u200bPresident\u2062 Isaac \u2062Herzog&#8217;s address to a \u2064joint session of Congress, \u200ccommemorating the \u200cJewish State&#8217;s \u200c75th Anniversary. While Democratic\u2064 leadership\u2063 has been \u2064receptive to\u2063 Herzog&#8217;s visit, far-left\u200d Democrats, including Omar, \u200bAlexandria \u2062Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY),\u2064 Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), and Cori Bush\u200d (D-MO), have announced that they will not attend the speech in protest. Jayapal is\u200b reportedly undecided on whether she will attend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) tried to retract her anti-Israel remarks, including calling Israel a &#8220;racist state,&#8221; after facing criticism from fellow House Democrats. She made the comment while participating in a panel with Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Chuy Garcia (D-AZ), amidst chants from anti-Israel protesters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2107,"featured_media":1975607,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/1975605","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\/2107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}