Source: Common Dreams
“U.S. President Joe Biden and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on Saturday had notably different responses to Israel’s intense bombing campaign in Lebanon over the past 24 hours, which killed hundreds of people including key Hezbollah leaders. ‘Our country is funding this bloodbath,’ Tlaib (D-MI) said on social media Saturday morning, sharing a post from Zeteo’s Prem Thakker with videos of the Israeli assault on Lebanon that began Friday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in New York City to address the United Nations General Assembly. ‘Sending more of our troops and bombs to the region is not advancing peace,’ added Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress and a leading critic of Israel’s yearlong genocide in the Gaza Strip. ‘The U.S. government are conspirators to the war criminal Netanyahu’s genocidal plan.'” (09/29/24)