Palestinian-American politician Rashida Tlaib censured over anti-Israel rhetoric

Reading the text of his resolution on the House floor, McCormick, of Georgia, said that calling for a Palestinian state extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea “is widely recognised as a genocidal call” to destroy the state of Israel.

Tlaib “doubled down on this call to violence by falsely describing ‘From the river to the sea’ as ‘an aspirational call for freedom, human rights and peaceful coexistence’ despite it clearly entailing Israel’s destruction and the denial of its fundamental right to exist,” he said.

McCormick added that Tiab had “repeatedly displayed conduct entirely unbecoming of a member of the House of Representatives”.

Tiab claimed she had condemned the Hamas terror attacks on Israeli citizens and told the House: “No government is beyond criticism. The idea that criticising the government of Israel is antisemitic sets a very dangerous precedent, and it’s been used to silence diverse voices speaking up for human rights across our nation.”