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| | "Jews cannot live in Gaza. So the fact that people think she is the chief rabbi in Gaza or has a temple in Gaza just shows how uneducated people are about the conflict.” Michael said.</blockquote> | | "Jews cannot live in Gaza. So the fact that people think she is the chief rabbi in Gaza or has a temple in Gaza just shows how uneducated people are about the conflict.” Michael said.</blockquote> |
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| | + | In an effort to combat bigoted slander, in July 2023, "the US House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution condemning antisemitism and stating that Israel" is not so called "apartheid" or the R word.<ref>Elad Benari, [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/374353 House approves resolution: Israel is not a racist or apartheid state], ''INN'', | 19/7/23 .<blockquote><small> |
| | + | The US House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution condemning antisemitism and stating that Israel is not a racist state, NBC News reported. |
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| | + | The vote was 412-9, with 195 Democrats joining all Republicans in voting yes. Nine Democrats voted against the non-binding resolution, several of whom have previously denounced Israel as an “apartheid state”. One Democrat voted present. |
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| | + | The resolution was a Republican response to Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who over the weekend called Israel a “racist state”, before walking back the comments and stating that she had directed them at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. |
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| | + | Before Tuesday’s vote, Jayapal declined to provide any lengthy comment about the GOP effort, only calling it “ridiculous” before the elevator doors closed. |
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| | + | Authored by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), the resolution does not mention Jayapal by name but it clearly takes aim at her recent remarks, noted NBC News. It states that it’s the sense of Congress that “the State of Israel is not a racist or apartheid state,” that “Congress rejects all forms of antisemitism and xenophobia," and that “the United States will always be a staunch partner and supporter of Israel.” |
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| | + | “This is about an affirmation of support,” said Pfluger, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. “This is about a stance: 75 years after Israel became a nation, the United States was within minutes the first country to recognize ...</small></blockquote></ref> |
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| | ==Flash back to 1945 - racist Arab hyped rhetoric== | | ==Flash back to 1945 - racist Arab hyped rhetoric== |
| | The anti-Jewish fake drama hyped language by notable racist Arabs predates the 1948 establishment of Israel. On Dec 20, 1945, some 3 months after the end of [[WW2]], the bigoted pseudo "analogies" were already there. The major Arab press which propagated for the Axis since the 1930s- [[Falastin]] wrote 'that the decision of the American Senate in favor of Zionism is a [sic] crime against democracy that transcends the crimes of Hitler and Mussolini, Genghis Khan and Timurlan.'<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/ahr/1945/12/21/01/article/74 'Al ha-mishmar - על המשמר, 21 December 1945]. | | The anti-Jewish fake drama hyped language by notable racist Arabs predates the 1948 establishment of Israel. On Dec 20, 1945, some 3 months after the end of [[WW2]], the bigoted pseudo "analogies" were already there. The major Arab press which propagated for the Axis since the 1930s- [[Falastin]] wrote 'that the decision of the American Senate in favor of Zionism is a [sic] crime against democracy that transcends the crimes of Hitler and Mussolini, Genghis Khan and Timurlan.'<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/ahr/1945/12/21/01/article/74 'Al ha-mishmar - על המשמר, 21 December 1945]. |