{"id":533298,"date":"2021-05-21T11:21:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T15:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=533298"},"modified":"2021-05-21T11:21:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T15:21:06","slug":"we-need-accountability-omar-and-tlaib-say-ceasefire-isnt-enough-accuse-israel-of-war-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-need-accountability-omar-and-tlaib-say-ceasefire-isnt-enough-accuse-israel-of-war-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Need Accountability\u2019: Omar And Tlaib Say Ceasefire Isn\u2019t Enough, Accuse Israel Of \u2018War Crimes\u2019"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fwe-need-accountability-omar-and-tlaib-say-ceasefire-isnt-enough-accuse-israel-of-war-crimes%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=533298&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1169046078-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Early on Friday morning, an unconditional ceasefire was reached between the Israeli government and Hamas terrorists reached after days of violence in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/hamas-official-predicts-ceasefire-soon-israel-gaza-fight-goes-2021-05-19\/\"><span>Reuters<\/span><\/a><span> reported, \u201cIsrael and Hamas will cease fire across the Gaza Strip border as of Friday, the Palestinian Islamist faction and Egyptian state TV.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/israel-hamas-ceasefire-palestine-cease-fire-gaza-conflict-2021\/10671929\/#:~:text=Prime%20Minister%20Benjamin%20Netanyahu&#039;s%20office,meeting%20of%20his%20Security%20Cabinet.&amp;text=In%20a%20statement%2C%20Netanyahu&#039;s%20office,and%20other%20top%20defense%20officials.\">Associated Press<\/a> reported, \u201cPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s office said Israel accepted the Egyptian proposal after a late-night meeting of his Security Cabinet. Hamas quickly followed suit and said it would honor the deal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The ceasefire wasn\u2019t enough for outspoken pro-Palestinian activist, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), however, who implied that Israel was guilty of crimes against humanity, and that the U.S. is failing to \u201cend the occupation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe should all be grateful that a ceasefire will prevent more civilians and children from being killed,\u201d Omar tweeted. \u201cBut now what? We need accountability for every war crime committed. And we need to stop underwriting crimes against humanity while doing nothing to end the occupation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.532467532468\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We should all be grateful that a ceasefire will prevent more civilians and children from being killed. <\/p>\n<p>But now what? We need accountability for every war crime committed. And we need to stop underwriting crimes against humanity while doing nothing to end the occupation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1395551168559042569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American in Congress, mimicked Omar\u2019s claims, while also labeling Israel as an \u201capartheid\u201d state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA ceasefire is necessary, but will not alone achieve freedom, justice, and equality for all who live under Israel\u2019s apartheid government,\u201d Tlaib tweeted. \u201cThe U.S. must condition funding to uphold human rights, and end the funding entirely if those conditions are not met.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"14.271604938272\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A ceasefire is necessary, but will not alone achieve freedom, justice, and equality for all who live under Israel&#8217;s apartheid government.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. must condition funding to uphold human rights, and end the funding entirely if those conditions are not met. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HOHzwiLJ8a\">https:\/\/t.co\/HOHzwiLJ8a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RashidaTlaib\/status\/1395507514377134084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Throughout the recent conflict, which began after Palestinians targeted Jewish civilians in Jerusalem during a riot, after which Hamas launched hundreds of rockets from Gaza toward Israel, both Omar and Tlaib ignored the actions of terrorist organizations in Palestinian territories, while condemning Israel for their defensive actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After Israel responded to a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas targeting Jewish civilians, Omar instead argued in favor of the Palestinian people\u2019s right to self-defense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMany will tell you Israel has a right to defend itself, to safety and security, but are silent on whether Palestinians have those rights too,\u201d Omar tweeted on March 10. \u201cUntil we can defend the rights of Palestinians just as we do Israelis, we have no leg to stand on when it comes to justice or peace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"14.421221864952\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Many will tell you Israel has a right to defend itself, to safety and security, but are silent on whether Palestinians have those rights too.<\/p>\n<p>Until we can defend the rights of Palestinians just as we do Israelis, we have no leg to stand on when it comes to justice or peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1391868946253586442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>On May 15, after an Israeli airstrike destroyed a building reportedly occupied by both journalist outlets and Hamas, Tlaib pushed the conspiracy theory that the journalists were deliberately targeted to hide \u201cIsrael\u2019s war crimes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIsrael targeting media sources is so the world can\u2019t see Israel\u2019s war crimes led by the apartheid-in-chief Netanyahu,\u201d Tlaib claimed without evidence. \u201cIt\u2019s so the world can\u2019t see the killing of babies, children and their parents.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s so the world can\u2019t see Palestinians being massacred,\u201d Tlaib added, ironically retweeting a report that Israeli military had warned the occupants of the building to evacuate prior to the airstrike.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.478260869565\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Israel targeting media sources is so the world can&#8217;t see Israel&#8217;s war crimes led by the apartheid-in-chief Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so the world can&#8217;t see the killing of babies, children and their parents.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so the world can&#8217;t see Palestinians being massacred. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AvDp3IuxUA\">https:\/\/t.co\/AvDp3IuxUA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RashidaTlaib\/status\/1393548019971284992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/numbers-from-israels-guardian-of-the-walls-shows-palestinian-terrorists-took-a-drubbing-from-the-idf\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, since the violence broke out, \u201c<\/span><span>Palestinian terrorists had fired approximately 4,340 rockets at Israel, with nearly 650 failing and falling inside of Gaza. Israel\u2019s Iron Dome intercepted an estimated 90% of the remaining rockets that were launched.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early on Friday morning, an unconditional ceasefire was reached between the Israeli government and Hamas terrorists reached after days of violence in the region.As Reuters reported, \u201cIsrael and Hamas will &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312583,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1169046078-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018We Need Accountability\u2019: Omar And Tlaib Say Ceasefire Isn\u2019t Enough, Accuse Israel Of \u2018War Crimes\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-533298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1169046078-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018We Need Accountability\u2019: Omar And Tlaib Say Ceasefire Isn\u2019t Enough, Accuse Israel Of \u2018War Crimes\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533298","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=533298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}