Democratic Rep. Rachida Tlaib (Michigan) announced Thursday that she had begun a tour of US House of Representatives members to visit the Occupied Palestinian Territory, occupied and occupied East Jerusalem. It was clear that the issue would be a matter of time Just before the Israeli lobby (AIPAC) and its supporters in Congress, who organized these tours historically to Israel to give a rosy picture of the Israeli occupation and convince the deputies - especially the new - the Israeli narrative, with the aim of blocking the road.
This opportunity came on Sunday, May 12, 2019, where Republican leaders close to the Israeli lobby organization "AIPAC" targeted the House of Representatives Rep. Rachida Taleb after she interviewed on the "Podcast" of the "Yahoo News" Tillib discussed her support for the one-state solution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
In response to a question on her position on the resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Taleb said that the United States celebrated the Holocaust two weeks ago and that all means should have been used to prevent such an event in the future. Then I discussed how the Palestinians paid a price for creating the State of Israel and a safe haven for the Jewish people.
"When I think about the Holocaust and the tragedy of the Holocaust, and the fact that my ancestors - the Palestinians - have lost their land, some have lost their lives, their livelihood, their human dignity and their existence in many ways ... I mean, all this was in the name of trying to create a safe haven for the Jews, After the terrible tragedy and persecution of Jews all over the world at that time. "
The newspaper Haartz has chosen the title of one of its articles on Sunday, saying "Tlaib says that the tragedy of its predecessors occurred to provide a safe haven for the Jews after the Holocaust," which prompted two senior Republicans in the House of Representatives on Sunday to sharly criticized her accused of lying.
Liz Cheney, the daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney, said in a statement that Taleb´s comments were "abhorrent." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) And Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who is close to Israel, called for the punishment of Taleb, saying: "I call on President Pelosi and Leader Huyer to take action against MP Taleb and other members of the Democratic Party who spread anti-Semitism. " Omar.
"I will never allow you to take my words out of context to push your agenda of racism and hatred," Taleb said on Sunday night, with a mantra: "Watching my words for misrepresentation and turning them into igniting evil attacks on me will not work.
Denzel McCampell, spokesman for Tillib, condemned Cheney´s statement as "dangerous". Cheney was the first Republican leader to criticizeize Tillib on Sunday.
"Once again, Republican leaders and right-wing extremists are spreading outright lies to incite hatred," McCampel said in a statement. "Congresswoman Liz Cheney should be accused of using the tragedy of the Holocaust in a transparent attempt to score political points, her behavior weakens our public discourse and is an affront to the Jewish community and to the millions of Americans who oppose the hatred of the Republican Party and its leader, Donald Trump. "
Rachida Taleb, the US deputy, meets her to promise to lead a congressional delegation to the West Bank.
On Friday, May 10, 2019, the MP said she would fulfill her commitment to bring a round of US lawmakers to the West Bank and East Jerusalem from 17 to 22 August 2019 to give members of Congress a glimpse of the Palestinian side of the Israeli -Palestinian conflict, Tillib told the Jewish- "He said.
"It will help people see the humanitarian impact on the Palestinians, and what a valuable opportunity to get a congressman sitting with my grandmother who lives in the occupied territories," said Tlaib.
The visit will coincide with Israel´s rounds of new lawmakers hosted and paid by the Israeli lobby organization AIPAC, as it has always done at the beginning of each legislative session, a tradition for members of Congress.
