{"id":1976707,"date":"2023-07-18T20:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T00:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-resolution-affirming-support-for-israel-denouncing-antisemitism\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T20:14:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T00:14:37","slug":"house-passes-resolution-affirming-support-for-israel-denouncing-antisemitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-resolution-affirming-support-for-israel-denouncing-antisemitism\/","title":{"rendered":"House supports Israel, condemns antisemitism."},"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\">10<\/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%2Fhouse-passes-resolution-affirming-support-for-israel-denouncing-antisemitism%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=1976707&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 \u2062class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0718\/8e63a7e1-f117-4b31-bd74-dd331eb77418\/audio.mp3?length=6005133&#038;duration=500\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>The House of\u200c Representatives Stands\u200b with Israel and Condemns \u2064Antisemitism<\/h2>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>The House\u2063 of Representatives passed\u2064 a resolution on July \u200b18 affirming Congress stands with Israel\u200d and condemns antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution, \u2062introduced by \u200bRep. August \u2062Pfluger (R-Texas), passed\u2063 412-9-1.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d  <\/p>\n<p>Reps. Alexandria\u2063 Ocasio-Cortez \u2062(D-N.Y.), \u200cIlhan Omar\u200c (D-Minn.), \u200cRashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), \u2062Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.),\u200b Summer\u200c Lee (D-Pa.), Andre \u200bCarson (D-Ind.), \u2062Cori Bush (D-Mo.),\u2064 and \u200cAyanna Pressley \u2064(D-Mass.) voted against it.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Betty \u200dMcCollum\u200b voted \u201cpresent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 resolution states that\u2064 Congress believes: \u2062<strong>\u201cThe state \u2064of Israel\u200d is not a \u2062racist or apartheid state,\u201d<\/strong> and\u2064 that <strong>\u201cCongress\u200d rejects\u2063 all forms of antisemitism and \u2064xenophobia,\u201d<\/strong> and\u2063 that <strong>\u201cthe \u2064United States will always\u200b be a staunch partner\u200d and supporter of\u200c Israel.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>The \u200cresolution \u2064comes in the aftermath of Rep. \u2063Pramila Jayapal\u2063 (D-Wash.), chairwoman of the\u2064 Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), calling Israel \u200da \u201cracist\u200b state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs somebody\u200d who\u2019s been in\u200b the streets\u200c and participated \u200din\u2062 a lot of \u200ddemonstrations, I want\u200d you to\u2064 know that we have\u2064 been fighting to make it \u2064clear \u2063that Israel is \u2063a racist \u200dstate,\u201d\u200c Ms. \u2064Jayapal \u200ctold\u200b pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-mike-lee-government-works-for-us-not-the-other-way-around\/\" title=\"Sen. Mike Lee: Government works for us, not the other way around\">annual conference<\/a> for the progressive organization\u2063 Netroots \u2064Nation on July 16.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat the \u2063Palestinian people deserve \u2062self-determination and autonomy, that\u2063 the dream of a \u200ctwo-state solution is slipping away \u2064from us, \u2063that \u200cit does not \u2063even\u2063 feel possible,\u201d she \u200bcontinued.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2062Ms. \u200bJayapal later \u2064reversed\u2063 course, saying the Jewish state is not\u2062 racist,\u200c but that its\u2062 prime minister, Benjamin \u2063Netanyahu, and his government are.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d \u200d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a \u2062conference,\u200c I attempted to defuse a \u2062tense situation during a \u200bpanel where fellow \u200dmembers of Congress\u2064 were being protested. Words do matter and \u2062so\u2062 it\u2063 is\u200d important that\u200c I clarify my statement,\u201d she\u200b said in \u200da statement.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do\u2063 not believe the \u200bidea\u200c of Israel\u2063 as a nation \u2063is racist,\u201d continued Ms. Jayapal. \u200d\u201cI \u2062do, however, believe that\u2064 Netanyahu\u2019s extreme\u2064 right-wing\u2062 government\u2063 has engaged in\u200c discriminatory\u2064 and outright \u2062racist \u2062policies\u200b and\u2062 that there are extreme racists\u200d driving \u200cthat policy\u200d within the leadership of the \u2064current government.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe \u200bit\u200b is incumbent on all\u2062 of us who \u2064are striving\u2063 to make\u200b our world \u2063a\u200b more\u200c just and\u200b equitable place to\u2064 call \u2062out \u200band condemn these policies and\u2062 this \u200dcurrent Netanyahu\u2063 government\u2019s\u200b role in furthering them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2064  <\/p>\n<p>Ms. \u200bJayapal \u2064reiterated her\u2064 call\u200d for \u200ca \u200dtwo-state solution\u200b to the \u200dIsraeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u200d <\/p>\n<p>She explained that her response at \u200cthe\u2063 conference was her \u201cresponding to the deep pain and hopelessness\u200b that exists\u2062 for Palestinians\u200c and their\u2063 diaspora \u200dcommunities\u2062 when it comes\u200b to this debate, but \u200bI in \u200bno way intended\u200d to deny the deep\u200d pain and hurt of Israelis\u2062 and\u2064 their Jewish diaspora community that still reels \u2064from the trauma of\u2062 pogroms and persecution, the Holocaust, and continuing antisemitism and hate \u200dviolence\u200b that is rampant today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House \u200dDemocrat leadership\u2014House Minority Leader \u200bHakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), House\u200c Democrat \u200cConference Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), and Vice\u200d Chair Ted Lieu (D-Calif.)\u2014rebutted Jayapal\u2019s initial \u200dclaim\u200d while \u2064not \u2064calling out Jayapal by\u2064 name\u2064 or \u200dcondemning her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael is not a racist\u2063 state. As a Jewish and\u2064 Democratic nation, Israel\u200c was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-claudia-tenney-new-democrat-congressional-challenger-josh-riley-definition-of-d-c-swamp\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Rep. Claudia Tenney: New Democrat Congressional Challenger Josh Riley \u2018Definition of D.C. Swamp'\">founded 75 years ago<\/a> on the principle of complete equality\u200d of social and political\u2064 rights for all of its citizens irrespective of religion,\u2063 race or sex, as codified in its Declaration of\u200c Independence,\u201d \u2063they \u200bsaid in \u200ba\u2063 statement.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica and Israel have\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-resolution-affirming-support-for-israel-denouncing-antisemitism\/\" title=\"House supports Israel, condemns antisemitism.\">uniquely special relationship anchored<\/a> in our shared democratic \u2062values and strategic \u200cinterests,\u201d continued House Democrat leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs House Democratic \u2064leaders, we \u200cstrongly\u200d support Israel\u2019s \u200dright to exist as\u2063 a homeland\u200b for\u2063 the Jewish \u2064people. We\u200b are\u2062 also firmly \u200bcommitted to a \u200brobust \u2064two-state \u200csolution \u200cwhere \u2062Israel and the Palestinian\u2062 people can live\u200d side\u2062 by side in peace \u2063and \u200dprosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>While House Democrat\u2064 leadership \u200cwent\u200d on\u2064 to acknowledge that there \u200care members of \u200bMr. Netanyahu\u2019s coalition and of Congress\u200c with whom\u200c they do not \u200dagree, it reiterated\u200c its commitment\u200d to ensuring bipartisan \u2062support\u2062 for the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, a statement\u2064 signed by \u206443 House Democrats,\u200b including\u200c nine in the CPC, \u200dcirculated as \u200bof July 16 evening rebuking Ms. \u2064Jayapal by \u2063name.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael remains\u2063 the only\u200b vibrant, progressive, \u200cand inclusive democracy\u2062 in the region.\u200b Arab parties serve in the Knesset, women serve at the highest\u200d levels\u2064 of the \u2064government, \u2064and all citizens enjoy \u2062equal\u200c rights,\u201d the \u2064statement \u2064read.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution on July 18, showing support for Israel and denouncing antisemitism. Introduced by Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas), the resolution was approved by a vote of 412-9-1. Notable dissenting votes came from Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib, Ramirez, Bowman, Lee, Carson, Bush, and Ayanna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1797,"featured_media":1976708,"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-1976707","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\/1976707","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=1976707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}