A House measure censured the only Palestinian American in Congress over her comments on the Gaza war. What signal does this send to our community?
“I can’t believe I have to say this,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib said during the debate over the motion to censure her in Congress this week, “but Palestinian people are not disposable. We are human beings just like anyone else.” The vote passed Tuesday in the House 234-188. Tlaib powerfully captured the extent to which Palestinians have been silenced and dehumanized in institutions across the United States, even as they are killed and injured thousands of miles away.
Brian Mast questioned whether it was possible to speak of innocent Palestinian civilians at all. And when Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon asked how many dead Palestinians would be enough to justify a cease-fire, her Republican colleague Michelle Salzman immediately shouted out, “all of them!” None of these lawmakers has faced similar censure for their comments, nor are they likely to. On Oct. 16, Rep. Cori Bush introduced a House resolution calling for a cease-fire.
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