{"id":1975658,"date":"2023-07-17T20:58:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T00:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jayapal-backtracks-after-calling-israel-a-racist-state\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T21:00:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T01:00:07","slug":"rep-jayapal-backtracks-after-calling-israel-a-racist-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jayapal-backtracks-after-calling-israel-a-racist-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Jayapal retracts statement calling Israel &#8216;racist&#8217;."},"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\">14<\/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%2Frep-jayapal-backtracks-after-calling-israel-a-racist-state%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=1975658&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--><div class=\"post_content\">\n  \u2064<\/p>\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0717\/3059d349-e015-4f06-b13a-5aacc7f4af41\/audio.mp3?length=5739885&#038;duration=478\"><\/div>\n<p>\u2063  \u200b<\/p>\n<p>  \u2062<\/p>\n<h2>Congressional\u200d Progressive Caucus Chair Backtracks \u200don Israel Comments<\/h2>\n<p>Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) has \u2063sparked \u2063controversy with her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-have-a-choice-back-tuberville-or-fail-a-majority-of-americans-on-abortion-again\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans must decide: support Tuberville or disappoint the majority of Americans on abortion once more.\">recent \u2064comments<\/a> about Israel. However, she has since clarified\u2064 her statement.<\/p>\n<p>During\u200b a speech at\u2063 the annual conference \u2062for\u200c the progressive\u200c organization Netroots Nation, \u200cJayapal referred to Israel as a &#8220;racist state.&#8221; She expressed her support\u2062 for the Palestinian \u200bpeople and\u2064 their right to self-determination, while\u200b also\u2064 expressing concern about\u200d the diminishing possibility of a two-state solution.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  <\/p>\n<p>After facing criticism \u2062from \u200cfellow Democrats,\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pramila-jayapal-backtracks-after-calling-israel-a-racist-state\/\" title=\"Pramila Jayapal retracts statement on Israel as 'racist state'.\">including\u2064 party leadership<\/a>, Jayapal issued a statement to\u200b clarify her remarks. She\u200b emphasized that she does \u200cnot believe Israel as a \u2062nation\u200b is racist, but rather criticized Prime Minister \u2062Benjamin Netanyahu and his government for engaging in discriminatory and racist policies.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2062her \u200dclarification, \u200bthe Conference of \u2064Presidents of Major \u2062American\u200c Jewish Organizations condemned Jayapal&#8217;s initial comments, calling them\u2063 false and evocative of antisemitic \u200dtropes.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  <\/p>\n<p>On the\u2063 other hand, <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\">progressive organization<\/a> J\u2063 Street\u2064 applauded\u2063 Jayapal&#8217;s statement,\u200b highlighting \u200dthe need \u2064to push back against discriminatory policies and\u200c support a secure and just future \u2062for \u200dIsraelis and Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>House \u200dDemocrat leadership, while \u2063not directly \u200caddressing\u200d Jayapal, \u200creaffirmed their support \u200cfor Israel as a Jewish and democratic nation. They emphasized the importance of the U.S.-Israel\u2064 relationship\u200d and their commitment to a two-state solution.<\/p>\n<p>Other House Democrats also \u2062expressed concern about Jayapal&#8217;s comments, with a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jayapal-backtracks-after-calling-israel-a-racist-state\/\" title=\"Rep. Jayapal retracts statement calling Israel 'racist'.\">draft statement circulating<\/a> that rebuked her by name. \u2063However, Jayapal&#8217;s \u2063retraction was appreciated by\u2064 some \u200cmembers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) faced backlash from fellow Democrats, including party leaders, for labeling Israel a &#8220;racist state.&#8221; Jayapal has since retracted her statement, acknowledging her involvement in protests and emphasizing the ongoing fight to clarify Israel&#8217;s position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1797,"featured_media":1975659,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/1975658","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=1975658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}