The White House has condemned comments by some members of the Congressional “Squad” about the devastating terrorist attacks against Israel as “wrong,” “disgusting” and “shameful.”
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked Tuesday what President Biden’s response was to progressive lawmakers who focused on calling for an immediate ceasefire and for the United States to stop funding Israel.
“I have seen some of those statements this weekend and we are going to continue to be very clear. “We think they are wrong, we think they are disgusting and we think they are shameful,” Jean-Pierre said, without naming names.
“Our condemnation corresponds directly to the terrorists who have brutally murdered, raped and kidnapped hundreds, hundreds of Israelis. There can be no doubt about it. There are not two sides here. There are not two sides,” he added, according to Fox News.
The progressive pro-Palestinian representatives who are part of the “Squad” focused on calling for all violence to stop and for Biden to stop providing funding to the Jewish state.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called comments by some Democrats on the congressional “squad” about the terrorist attacks in Israel “disgusting” and “shameful.” AP Photo/Susan Walsh A swastika was displayed at a pro-Palestinian rally held by the Democratic Party. Socialists of America in Manhattan on Oct. 8, 2023. Stuart Meissner Hamas terrorists kidnapped Israeli civilians from Kibbutz Kfar Azza in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023. AP Photo/Hatem Ali
The Democratic Socialists of America also promoted a pro-Palestinian rally in Manhattan on Sunday, even as Israel counted its more than 1,2000 dead, including horribly mutilated children.
On Wednesday, Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) resigned his party membership in disgust at the rally and the delayed response to the anger it sparked.
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“After the brutal terrorist attacks against Israel, which included indiscriminate killings, rapes and kidnappings of innocent men, women and children, I can no longer associate with an organization that is unwilling to denounce terrorism in all its forms,” Thanedar, 68 years. , he said in a statement.
“Sunday’s hate-filled, anti-Semitic demonstration in New York City, promoted by NYC-DSA, makes it impossible for me to continue my membership. I am on the side of Israel and its right to defend itself. “There is no room for moral ambiguity in the face of pure evil, as we have seen in Hamas.”
The worst attack on Israel in 50 years: how we got here
2005: Israel unilaterally withdraws from the Gaza Strip more than three decades after seizing the territory from Egypt in the Six-Day War.
2006: The terrorist group Hamas wins the Palestinian legislative elections.
2007: Hamas takes control of Gaza in a civil war.
2008: Israel launches a military offensive against Gaza after Palestinian terrorists fire rockets at the city of Sderot.
2023: Hamas launches largest attack on Israel in 50 years.
More than 1,300 Israelis have been killed, more than 3,000 wounded and at least 100 taken hostage, with the death toll expected to rise after Hamas terrorists fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of militants into Israeli cities. .
Hamas terrorists were seen taking women hostage and parading them down the street in gruesome videos.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced “We are at war” and promised that Hamas would pay “a price it has never known.”
Gaza health officials report that at least 1,400 Palestinians have been killed and more than 6,000 injured.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Sunday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration of war a “devastating” blow to anyone “seeking lasting peace and respect for human rights.”
“An immediate ceasefire and a reduction in tensions are urgently needed to save lives,” said the New York Democrat, while condemning “the Hamas attack in the strongest possible terms.”
Smoke rises from buildings in Gaza City after Israeli airstrikes on October 12, 2023. AP Photo/Hatem Moussa
“No child or family should ever endure this type of violence and fear, and this violence will not solve the current oppression and occupation in the region,” he said.
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) criticized U.S. foreign policy in her statement on the attacks, insisting that to achieve peace in the region, the United States needs to end its “support for the Israeli military occupation and the apartheid.”
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Bush, along with Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), also called for an end to the fighting, while Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) called for an end to the violence and the “blockade of Gaza.”
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) also received criticism for her response to the war by calling on the United States to stop providing assistance to Israel in a statement.
Biden said in televised remarks about the conflict on Tuesday that his administration would advise on hostage recovery. “I have no higher priority than the safety of Americans who are held hostage around the world,” he said.
Israel’s Iron Dome defense system intercepted rockets launched by Hamas from Gaza over Ashkelon on October 8, 2023.REUTERS/Amir Cohen
The horrific weekend terrorist attack killed more than 1,200 people, including 14 Americans, and another 1,100 in Gaza.
Thousands more remain seriously injured in the surprise coup, and as of Thursday, Hamas had taken about 150 people captive, including women and children, while threatening to release images of their execution.
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