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Democratic leaders did not tell members to vote against an amendment to block the State Department from citing the Gaza Health Ministry’s statistics.

The House of Representatives has voted to effectively conceal the death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza.

On Thursday, lawmakers voted 269-144 on an amendment to prohibit the State Department from citing statistics from the Gaza Health Ministry. The measure is part of the annual State Department appropriations bill. It was led by Democratic Reps. Jared Moskowitz, Fla., and Josh Gottheimer, N.J., and Republican Reps. Joe Wilson, S.C.; Mike Lawler, N.Y.; and Carol Miller, W.V.

Mohammed Khader, policy manager at the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action, told The Intercept that the amendment is part of a trend of anti-Palestinian sentiment in Congress since the start of Israel’s atrocities in Gaza. “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 was done towards victims of genocides in Rwanda and Armenia.”

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

And how many hostages does Israel have? Do Palestinians not have the same right, that if their family has been taken hostage, to do anything to get them back?

You dont get it. Its clear that you dont get it.

[-] triptrapper@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

They get it, but they believe that some lives are less important than others. When someone holds that position I haven't found an argument to convince them otherwise.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

They get it, but they believe that some lives are less important than others. When someone holds that position I haven’t found an argument to convince them otherwise.

Exactly. This is the fundamental lesson you (the royal "you"; as 'one') needed to learn from BLM. The history and legacy of settler colonialism and white supremacy leaves us with inherent and structural biases that means some "lives" are valued higher than others.

[-] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca -2 points 4 months ago

When you attack someone stronger than you, it usually does not end well. They can try, but there will be further consequences.

It took a few hundred thousand middle eastern civilians dying after 9/11 before anyone started complaining and even that did not lead to this level of protest.

People are ok with violence if its their country that has been attacked.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

When you attack someone stronger than you, it usually does not end well.

Explaining this to the Israeli shipping companies currently bottlenecked in the Suez by Houthi rebels.

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