{"id":1977324,"date":"2023-07-19T12:50:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jayapal-skips-israeli-presidents-address-following-racist-state-controversy\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T12:51:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:51:57","slug":"jayapal-skips-israeli-presidents-address-following-racist-state-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jayapal-skips-israeli-presidents-address-following-racist-state-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Jayapal boycotts Israeli president&#8217;s speech over &#8216;racist state&#8217; dispute."},"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\">18<\/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-skips-israeli-presidents-address-following-racist-state-controversy%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=1977324&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>Rep.\u2063 Pramila\u200d Jayapal (D-WA) Skips Israeli\u2063 President&#8217;s Address to \u200bCongress<\/h2>\n<p>Rep.\u200d Pramila Jayapal\u2064 (D-WA) \u200bdid not \u2063attend\u2062 Israeli President Isaac Herzog&#8217;s joint address \u2062to Congress on Wednesday, citing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-skip-notre-dame-commencement-amid-furor-over-policies-that-defy-church-teachings\/\" title=\"Biden To Skip Notre Dame Commencement Amid Furor Over Policies That Defy Church Teachings\">scheduling conflict<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal, the top \u2063progressive \u200bin the House, came under \u200bfire this \u2064week for\u200d stating on\u200b Saturday\u200c that Israel \u200bis a \u200b&#8221;racist\u200c state.&#8221; Members\u2064 of \u2062her party, including \u2063all\u2063 of the\u2063 Democratic leadership, rebuked the \u2064comment,\u2063 and Republicans\u2064 forced a vote affirming\u2062 that Israel\u2064 is not a\u2062 &#8220;racist \u2063or\u2062 apartheid state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>LAROSE\u2064 LEADS \u200dREPUBLICANS IN RACE TO \u200bCHALLENGE \u200bOHIO SEN. SHERROD \u2062BROWN, POLL \u200dSAYS<\/h3>\n<p>Jayapal \u200dvoted for\u200d that resolution on Tuesday, as\u2062 did virtually every \u200dlawmaker in the lower \u200dchamber, and she\u2064 has since\u200d apologized\u200d for her remark. But \u200dnine Democrats who consider Israel \u2062to\u2064 be\u200d a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jayapal-skips-israeli-presidents-address-following-racist-state-controversy\/\" title=\"Jayapal boycotts Israeli president's speech over 'racist state' dispute.\">human rights abuser voted<\/a>\u200d against \u2062the measure.\u2063 One \u2063voted &#8220;present.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A\u200c number \u2063of those\u2062 lawmakers, including Reps. \u200cAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), \u2064Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), \u200cand Cori Bush (D-MO), \u2063also boycotted the address, though Jayapal \u2063attributed \u2062her \u2062absence \u200bto\u200d a prior \u200ccommitment.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Due to scheduling conflicts,\u2062 Congresswoman Jayapal will not be attending Israeli\u200d President\u200b Herzog\u2019s\u2062 address.\u2062 She looks \u200bforward to listening to the\u200b address \u200dat a \u200dlater\u2064 time \u2064and continuing the important \u200dconversation,&#8221;\u200c her office\u200b said in\u200c a statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u200dabsences\u2062 were not\u200b limited\u200b to the \u2064House. Sen. Bernie Sanders\u200b (I-VT), a\u2062 Jewish lawmaker\u200b who has\u2063 long been critical \u2062of Israel, declined to\u2064 attend.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt is \u2063no great\u200d secret \u2064that I\u2062 strongly\u200b oppose the policies of \u2064Israel\u2019s\u2063 right wing, anti-Palestinian government,&#8221;\u2064 he \u2064said in \u200ba \u200cstatement. &#8220;We \u2062provide them\u2064 with\u2063 $3.8 billion in \u2064aid.\u200d We have \u2063a right\u200b to \u2062demand\u2064 they\u2064 respect\u2064 human rights.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some \u200cprogressive Democrats have \u2064called \u200dIsrael an apartheid state. The\u2063 mainstream \u200cview within the\u2063 Democratic Party is far\u200b less critical, though members \u2063believe \u2064the expansion of\u200c settlements\u200c in the \u200cWest \u200cBank and\u200b Prime\u2063 Minister \u200dBenjamin\u200b Netanyahu&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-looms-over-israeli-presidents-speech-to-congress-amid-democratic-split\/\" title=\"Netanyahu overshadows Israeli president's Congress speech amidst Democratic divide.\">proposed judicial \u200dreforms<\/a> \u2062will \u2064make\u2063 achieving \u200da two-state \u2064solution to \u2063the \u200cIsrael-Palestine \u2062conflict more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Herzog addressed those sentiments \u200dduring his speech.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I\u2062 respect criticism, especially from friends, although one does\u2063 not always have to\u200d accept \u2064it,&#8221; he told members\u200b of Congress.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He \u200cwent on to \u200drebuff claims \u2063the country is backsliding on its democratic\u2063 ideals.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Israel \u2062has democracy\u2062 in\u2062 its \u2062DNA,&#8221; Herzog said. &#8220;As\u200b a nation, \u200bwe must \u200cfind a way to\u200b talk to each \u200cother no matter \u200bhow\u2063 long it takes.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE \u200cTO\u200b READ \u2064MORE \u2062FROM\u2063 THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republicans have\u2064 denounced the absence\u2062 of Jayapal and others, \u2062arguing the\u200c divide is\u2064 based \u200don \u200danti-Israel sentiment, \u2063not the country&#8217;s \u200cpolicies.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;There \u200dis a particular\u2062 type of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nadales-i-used-to-be-antifa\/\" title=\"Nadales: I Used To Be Antifa\">left-wing radical<\/a>\u2063 that \u200cis \u200bso \u200cobsessed \u2064with\u200c the state\u200c of Israel \u2062that \u200dthey\u200d conduct themselves in ways they would not\u2062 with \u200bany other nation,&#8221; \u2062Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) \u2064told the Washington Examiner. &#8220;You don&#8217;t have to\u200b agree \u200cwith every policy of the\u200d state of\u2064 Israel, but\u200b to boycott\u200b the \u200cpresident \u2064coming \u2064in \u2014\u2063 it&#8217;s just ridiculous\u200b theater.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) skipped Israeli President Isaac Herzog&#8217;s Congress address, citing a scheduling conflict. As the leading progressive in the House, she faced criticism for calling Israel a &#8220;racist state.&#8221; Democratic leaders, along with other party members, condemned her remarks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1977325,"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":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1977324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"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\/1977324","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=1977324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}