{"id":1982791,"date":"2023-07-26T02:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T06:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-quietly-rebukes-jayapal-over-israel-racist-state-comments\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T02:35:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T06:35:28","slug":"schumer-quietly-rebukes-jayapal-over-israel-racist-state-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-quietly-rebukes-jayapal-over-israel-racist-state-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer discreetly criticizes Jayapal&#8217;s remarks on Israel as a &#8220;racist state.&#8221;"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fschumer-quietly-rebukes-jayapal-over-israel-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=1982791&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>The Senate Stands \u200dAgainst Inflammatory Remarks, Declares \u2063Israel\u2063 Not Racist or Apartheid \u2062State<\/h2>\n<p>The Senate made a powerful statement on Tuesday night, passing a resolution that firmly declares Israel as \u2064not being a\u2063 &#8220;racist or apartheid state.&#8221; This\u200b resolution serves \u200das a rebuke to Rep. Pramila \u2063Jayapal (D-WA), whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-move-to-force-conspiracy-theorist-marjorie-taylor-greene-off-her-committee-assignments-report\/\" title=\"Democrats Move To Force Conspiracy Theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene Off Her Committee Assignments: Report\">controversial comments<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-afghans-refugees-detained-in-germany-three-had-forged-docs-four-previously-deported-criminals-report-says\/\" title=\"Seven Afghans Refugees Detained In Germany: Three Had Forged Docs, Four Previously Deported Criminals, Report Says\">sparked intense backlash<\/a> just before\u2062 Israel&#8217;s president&#8217;s state visit.<\/p>\n<p>It was House Republicans who \u200cintroduced this measure, strategically putting Democrats on\u2062 the record. \u2063Jayapal, known as the top\u2063 progressive in the \u2063lower chamber, had labeled\u200c Israel as\u200d racist in its \u2063treatment\u200c of Palestinians. While the \u200cmajority of Democrats \u200cstrongly support Israel, with party leadership swiftly denouncing Jayapal&#8217;s comments, a small group\u200c of lawmakers, primarily\u200d members of the &#8220;Squad,&#8221; remain deeply critical.<\/p>\n<p>Nine\u2063 Democrats voted against the resolution, while one chose to \u2063vote present. Jayapal, having since\u2062 apologized \u2063for her remarks, ultimately voted in favor\u200b of the measure.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate \u2063did not \u2064formally record a\u2062 vote on the resolution, as it was \u200cpassed\u2063 late in \u2062the evening\u200d after \u200dsenators had already left for the day. However, before adjourning \u200bfor the night, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), with Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) presiding, brought up the \u200cmeasure to be approved by unanimous consent.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer \u200bhimself has \u200cfaced criticism \u200dwithin his own\u2063 ranks \u2064regarding Israel. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), an independent\u2064 who caucuses with\u200d the Democrats, boycotted\u200d Israeli President Isaac Herzog&#8217;s joint\u2063 address\u2063 to Congress last \u2063week, a \u200bmove that surprised no one. Several House progressives, including Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN),\u2064 who\u200c has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-quietly-rebukes-jayapal-over-israel-racist-state-comments\/\" title=\"Schumer discreetly criticizes Jayapal's remarks on Israel as a \"racist state.\"\">previously made controversial comments<\/a> about the \u2062Jewish state, widely condemned as\u2063 antisemitic, also\u200b joined in the boycott. \u2063In 2019, the\u2064 House\u200b passed a resolution condemning bigotry in response to Omar&#8217;s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats find themselves in \u200da delicate position, \u200dtorn between supporting Israel and \u200bexpressing opposition \u200dto actions they believe undermine \u200da two-state solution, particularly Israel&#8217;s \u200ccontinued \u2063expansion of settlements in the West Bank. Much of their frustration \u200bis directed at Prime Minister Benjamin \u2064Netanyahu, \u2062whose pursuit of judicial reforms within his own \u200bcountry has further strained tensions. The Israeli Knesset passed these reforms, which diminish the power of the Supreme Court, \u200cjust \u200dthis Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look, the\u2062 bottom\u2064 line\u2063 is I strongly and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-issues-statement-endorsing-sarah-huckabee-sanders-for-governor-of-arkansas\/\" title=\"President Trump Issues Statement Endorsing Sarah Huckabee Sanders for Governor of Arkansas\">fully support<\/a> a strong Israel-America relationship,&#8221; \u200cSchumer, donning blue and white \u2062attire for \u2063the Herzog address, emphasized to reporters last week. &#8220;But I&#8217;ve expressed \u200dmy disagreements directly to Prime Minister Netanyahu.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063Senate concluded the night by approving\u2064 two\u200b additional resolutions. One designates July as National Blueberry\u200c Month, while the other honors the 30th\u200c anniversary \u200dof the Pentagon&#8217;s\u2062 State Partnership Program.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK\u200d HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate rebuked Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) by passing a resolution stating Israel is not a &#8220;racist or apartheid state.&#8221; Jayapal&#8217;s controversial remarks caused backlash before Israel&#8217;s president&#8217;s visit. House Republicans initiated the measure to hold Democrats accountable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1982792,"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-1982791","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\/1982791","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=1982791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}