{"id":2284984,"date":"2024-06-27T23:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T03:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-to-ban-state-department-from-citing-gaza-health-ministry-death-toll-statistics-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T23:10:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T03:10:52","slug":"house-votes-to-ban-state-department-from-citing-gaza-health-ministry-death-toll-statistics-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-to-ban-state-department-from-citing-gaza-health-ministry-death-toll-statistics-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"House votes to ban State Department from citing Gaza Health Ministry death toll statistics &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">34<\/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-votes-to-ban-state-department-from-citing-gaza-health-ministry-death-toll-statistics-washington-examiner%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=2284984&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--><p>The\u200b U.S. House of \u2063Representatives has\u200b passed an amendment that \u2062prohibits \u200dthe State Department from using death statistics \u2063provided by\u2064 the Gaza Health Ministry. The amendment, which garnered bipartisan\u2062 support with a vote of 269-144, \u2063will be a part of the State Department Foreign Operations and \u200cRelated Programs Appropriations Act of\u2064 2025. This\u2062 move was spearheaded by Representatives Jared \u2063Moskowitz (D-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Joe Wilson\u2062 (R-SC), Mike Lawler (R-NY), and Carol Miller \u2062(R-WV). The article also references a specific incident, showcasing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">photo<\/a> of \u200ba woman mourning her daughter Zena Naser, who \u200dwas killed in an Israeli bombardment in Gaza.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House<\/a> passed an amendment to ban the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>State Department<\/a> from citing death statistics used by the Gaza Health Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-call-for-hearing-into-robinhood-app-for-restricting-small-investors\/\" title=\"Bipartisan group of lawmakers call for hearing into Robinhood app for restricting small investors\">bipartisan group<\/a> of lawmakers<\/a> voted in favor of the amendment, 269-144, which would be added to the State Department Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2025. It was led by Reps.\u00a0Jared Moskowitz\u00a0(D-FL),\u00a0Josh Gottheimer\u00a0(D-NJ), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Mike Lawler (R-NY), and\u00a0Carol Miller\u00a0(R-WV). <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>A woman holds the body of her daughter Zena Naser, killed in an Israeli bombardment on a residential building in Maghazi refugee camp, outside the morgue of al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah, central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The figures of the Gaza Health Ministry, which is part of the Gaza government run by Hamas, have been highly controversial, with U.S. and Israeli sources accusing the ministry of inflating the numbers to harm Israel\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hungary-takes-lead-as-europe-prepares-to-begin-covid-19-vaccinations\/\" title=\"Hungary takes lead as Europe prepares to begin COVID-19 vaccinations\">health ministry<\/a> does not distinguish between civilians and combatants, but it has said most of those killed have been civilians. Israeli analysts, however, said that about half of those killed are Hamas militants.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment was met with harsh criticism by progressive Democrats, with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) decrying it as \u201cgenocide denial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s disgusting that my colleagues would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-leaders-slam-adam-schiff-urge-newsom-not-to-appoint-him-as-ca-attorney-general\/\" title=\"BLM Leaders Slam Adam Schiff, Urge Newsom Not To Appoint Him As CA Attorney General\">support legislation<\/a> to prohibit U.S. officials from even citing the Palestinian death toll,\u201d she said. \u201cThey want to erase the Palestinians who are living, and now they are trying to erase the Palestinians who are dead. This is genocide denial.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>It\u2019s disgusting that my colleagues would support legislation to prohibit U.S. officials from even citing the Palestinian death toll.<\/p>\n<p>They want to erase the Palestinians who are living, and now they are trying to erase the Palestinians who are dead. This is genocide denial. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZY3x0BIlQ0\">pic.twitter.com\/ZY3x0BIlQ0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepRashida\/status\/1806317047724253672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The World Health Organization said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/nothing-wrong-with-gaza-death-toll-figures-who-says-2024-05-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"believes\">believes<\/a> the findings of the ministry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House approved an amendment, led by Reps. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) and Josh, with a 269-144 vote. This amendment, part of the State Department Foreign Operations Appropriations Act of 2025, prohibits the State Department from using death statistics from the Gaza Health Ministry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2284985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24177376563522.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[7008,33140,3653,32895,4030],"class_list":["post-2284984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-ban","tag-gaza-health-ministry","tag-house","tag-state-department","tag-votes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24177376563522.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284984","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2284984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2284985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2284984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2284984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}