{"id":2307472,"date":"2024-07-24T15:28:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T19:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tlaib-silently-protests-netanyahu-speech-with-war-criminal-sign-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T15:29:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T19:29:45","slug":"tlaib-silently-protests-netanyahu-speech-with-war-criminal-sign-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tlaib-silently-protests-netanyahu-speech-with-war-criminal-sign-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tlaib silently protests Netanyahu speech with &#8216;War Criminal&#8217; sign &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftlaib-silently-protests-netanyahu-speech-with-war-criminal-sign-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=2307472&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>Rep. Rashida Tlaib \u2063staged a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-indiana-attorney-general-issues-official-advisory-for-public-schools-black-lives-matter-unequivocally-a-political-organization\/\" title=\"Exclusive -- Indiana Attorney General Issues Official Advisory for Public Schools: Black Lives Matter &#039;Unequivocally a Political Organization&#039;\">silent protest<\/a> during Israeli Prime Minister\u200b Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s address to Congress by holding a sign that read &#8220;War Criminal&#8221;\u200d and &#8220;Guilty of \u2064Genocide&#8221;. Tlaib remained seated and \u200ddid not\u200c applaud\u2062 as Netanyahu spoke, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-education-lesson-from-covid-lockdowns-school-choice-is-imperative-for-every-child\/\" title=\"The Education Lesson from COVID Lockdowns: School Choice Is Imperative for Every Child\">attracting attention<\/a> from others in the\u200d chamber. Despite\u200d being asked to put the sign \u200caway by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-cia-pick-was-president-of-think-tank-that-took-millions-from-chinese-communist-party-tied-entities-report\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s CIA Pick Was President Of Think Tank That Took Millions From Chinese Communist Party-Tied Entities: Report\">congressional staffers<\/a>, \u2064Tlaib continued to hold it up. The protest \u2062comes after Tlaib has been an outspoken critic of Netanyahu and\u200c has called for a ceasefire in\u2062 Israel, leading\u2064 to her censure last\u200b year. Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress, \u200cshowed her solidarity \u200cby wearing a\u200b brooch with a\u2064 Palestinian pin and\u200b a keffiyeh.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tlaib silently protests Netanyahu speech with &lsquo;War Criminal&rsquo; sign<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1709762\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3095841\/speaker-johnson-protest-netanyahu-address-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>staged a silent protest<\/a> during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3097459\/benjamin-netanyahu-address-congress-israel-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"address to Congress,\">address to Congress,<\/a> holding a double-sided sign that read &ldquo;War Criminal&rdquo; and &ldquo;Guilty of Genocide&rdquo; as he delivered his speech.<\/p>\n<p>As Netanyahu entered the House floor for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-will-deliver-first-speech-to-congress-in-nearly-empty-house-chamber\/\" title=\"Biden Will Deliver First Speech To Congress In Nearly-Empty House Chamber\">joint address<\/a> to Congress, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2436245\/house-censures-rashida-tlaib-over-anti-israel-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tlaib remained sitting <\/a>and did not join in with applause from other lawmakers as he made his way to the stage. The Michigan Democrat remained mostly motionless as Netanyahu gave his address, declining to join in with cheers or applause but instead holding up her sign during remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib attracted attention from others in the chamber, with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) walking over to confront her about the sign. After a short exchange, Luna left Tlaib, who kept the sign up. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., left, talks to Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., as Tlaib holds a sign as they attend a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a joint meeting of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, congressional staffers approached Tlaib multiple times to put the sign away, after which the Michigan Democrat would do so before returning to its uplifted position. <\/p>\n<p>The silent protest comes after House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Mike-Johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) warned lawmakers not to disrupt the speech; otherwise, they risk being arrested and charged by U.S. Capitol Police. At least five spectators were apprehended during the beginning of Netanyahu&rsquo;s speech after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-injury-revealed-to-be-a-huge-hole-in-relative-terms\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s injury revealed to be a huge hole in relative terms\">wearing &#038;ldquo<\/a>;Seal the Deal Now&rdquo; T-shirts, referring to a ceasefire-hostage deal in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib has long been an outspoken critic of Netanyahu amid the war in Israel and has repeatedly called for a ceasefire while rejecting additional aid to the country. Those comments eventually led to Tlaib&rsquo;s censure last year, when House Republicans and a handful of her Democratic colleagues formally condemned her for &ldquo;promoting false narratives&rdquo; about the Oct. 7 attack against Israel by the Hamas militant group and allegedly calling for the &ldquo;destruction of the state of Israel.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress, wore brooch with a Palestinian pin on a black and white keffiyeh, an icon of solidarity. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Thursday, Tlaib<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepRashida\/status\/1816162380591825190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;posted a photo<\/a>&nbsp;with Hani Almadhoun, who she said would join her in the chamber. Almadhoun is the director of Philanthropy for UNRWA, who she said has &ldquo;lost over 150 members of his extended family in Netanyahu&rsquo;s genocide.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>A day earlier, the Israeli parliament preliminarily approved a bill to declare the organization a terrorist organization and proposed to cut ties with the body. UNRWA has denied that it knowingly aids Hamas or any other militant group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Tlaib chose to protest Netanyahu&rsquo;s speech, several other Democratic lawmakers boycotted the address altogether. Republicans have criticized Democrats for that decision, especially Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s absence as she becomes the next likely Democratic presidential nominee.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>House Republican leaders decried&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3094979\/snubbing-netanyahus-address-kamala-harris-shows-childish-partisanship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harris&rsquo;s absence<\/a>, calling it &ldquo;disgraceful&rdquo; to one of the country&rsquo;s closest allies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Samantha-Jo Roth contributed to this report. <\/em><\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1709762\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1709762\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Rashida Tlaib \u2063staged a silent protest during Israeli Prime Minister\u200b Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s address to Congress by holding a sign that read &#8220;War Criminal&#8221;\u200d and &#8220;Guilty of \u2064Genocide&#8221;. Tlaib remained seated and \u200ddid not\u200c applaud\u2062 as Netanyahu spoke, attracting attention from others in the\u200d chamber. 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