62 Democrats join 207 Republicans to hide Gaza death toll

While party leaders often push their members to vote “yes” or “no” on any set of proposals, Democratic leadership has made “no recommendation” to its members on how to vote on the amendment. After the House approves the full bill, it will head to the Senate for consideration.

The amendment is part of a trend of anti-Palestinian sentiment in Congress since the beginning of Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, Muhammad Khader, policy director at the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, told The Intercept. “By preventing any recognition of the number of Palestinians killed since October, this amendment is a clear example of genocide denial and is no different from what happened to the victims of the genocide in Rwanda and Armenia.”

Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian representative in Congress, said on Wednesday, Taken to the ground To make a similar argument, she said: “This is genocide denial.”

After Tlaib reviewed the death toll and other statistics about the victims, she said that she intends to include the list of Palestinians killed in Gaza in the Congressional Record. “It’s important to note this for everyone here: The list is so long that I can’t even give it because of the text cap. This is the death toll,” she said.

Over the past eight months, Israel has killed at least 37,765 people and injured 86,429 others, according to the ministry’s latest figures.

The Ministry of Health is the only official body tracking the death toll in Gaza; Its figures have been widely cited, including by we And Israeli Over the past eight months, Israel has killed at least 37,765 people and wounded 86,429, according to the ministry’s latest figures. Those numbers are likely an underestimate because of the devastated medical infrastructure, the deaths of medical workers, and fears that thousands may be trapped under the rubble in Gaza.

“It’s despicable but not shocking that 62 Democrats would join Republicans to refute the Gaza death toll,” a Democratic staffer told The Intercept. “Democratic leadership should be ashamed of their refusal to take a stand and call out the blatant anti-Palestinian racism and genocide denial in our party.”

Moskowitz and Gottheimer are among several Democrats who have repeatedly worked to undermine the movement for Palestinian rights and pro-Palestinian rhetoric.

In April, the couple joined Republicans to lead Accuracy In December, the duo joined Republican Reps. Elise Stefanik and Steve Scalise to lead a resolution condemning university presidents and demanding their resignations over their alleged tolerance of anti-Semitism on campus. In November, the two Democrats joined Republican Reps. Elise Stefanik and Steve Scalise to lead a resolution condemning university presidents and demanding their resignations over their alleged tolerance of anti-Semitism on campus. 20 others In criticism of Talib, For reasons including the publication of a video calling for a ceasefire containing the phrase “from the river to the sea.”

Gottheimer went further, describing Democrats who do not support Israel as “cancer“And his suggestion that Muslims in America were “guilty” of the Hamas attack on October 7. Along with Lawler, he chaired a call hosted by No Labels, where he spoke with university trustees about how to push the FBI to take a greater role in investigating campus protests. During that call, Lawler suggested that student protests for Palestine were the type of activism that inspired the TikTok ban.

The husband also joined 60 other Democrats In expressing their “disgust” at South Africa’s 84-page lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide, they praised White House spokesman John Kirby for calling it “baseless, unproductive, and based on absolutely no basis in facts.” “. Shortly after, the International Court of Justice concluded that Israel was plausibly committing genocide.