Ah yes, “they started it.” The most elegant of arguments.

It’s Israeli airplanes, sent by Israeli commanders, at the behest of Israeli officials, destroying the lives of Gazans who are subject to Israel’s authority.  They are absolutely being executed without due process.  You can couch it in whatever bullshit language you want.  Gaza is not an independent state.  It is…

That’s been Israel’s excuse for decades of oppression of Palestinians, that it’s necessary for Israel’s security. But the October 7 attack still happened.

Self-rule?  Gaza is not a sovereign nation. If they were, Israel wouldn’t control access to food, fuel, etc. Israel still claims sovereignty over Gaza. Anyways, I guess all those human rights organizations that call Gaza an open air prison and blame Israel for that or just antisemites. 

That America would end up slaughtering thousands of civilians on a dubious military justification with dubious military goals is exactly why I opposed the invasion of Iraq, protested against it, and voted against George W. Bush in 2004.

Huh. So Israel is doing exactly what their enemy wants?  Not sure that’s the best strategy.

Yeah, still don’t get your point, not really interested in it anymore.  Enjoy.

This is part of the Zionist strategy to erase Palestine.

Completely disgraceful for democrats to do that to their own for speaking the truth.

I’m not seeing the double standard.

Why should Palestinians have to leave their homes at all? The overwhelming majority of the 7+ million Palestinians living in areas controlled by Israel have done nothing wrong.  It shouldn’t be up to the Arab states to take them (although ALL states, U.S. included, should be welcoming to any Palestinian refugees who…

“America is a lot more roomy since those pesky Native Americans died.” — Also WompWhomp.

Do not label me as antisemitic based simply on the desire to see NO PERSON murdered in their home. I understand the nature and historical rhetoric behind Tlaib’s statement. She still has a right to say it. I don’t agree with her words, yet Muslims living in Gaza have as much right to exist as Jews in Israel.

It’s not over the top. Before last month only the hysterical frauds of the ADL had a problem with the phrase. It is not a call to genocide. Even if you accept it as a call to abolish Israel (which it isn’t) that is not a call to kill Israelis, let alone hunt down and murderer every last Jew on Earth as some Israeli…

I’m Jewish, and what she said is simply an expression of the idea that Palestinian residents from the area who were forced out by literal gunpoint during the nakba and during subsequent expulsions would like to return to the land in which they and their ancestors were up.

The notion that this phrasing is in any way…

“You know what would end this? Ethnic cleansing.” - you

Please dismiss your Womp troll.

Hey Caitlin, can you please get rid of the I’m With Her and TurkishPrince trolls?

I don’t understand what everyone thought she’d say? As a Palestinian-American, she has every right to express her point of view. No one should expect her to be anything less than true to herself. She has family in the West Bank. Others in Congress have said worse. Others in Congress would be irate if their stance was…

I disagree with Rep Tlaib on many, many things. On this I firmly believe she has a right to stand in opposition to One State offering financial assistance to another State for what is increasingly violence hidden behind hatred.