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“My colleagues can no longer deny that this is genocide,” said Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan). “We must follow our own U.S. laws. We need an Arms Embargo now.”

On Thursday, Amnesty released a sprawling report determining that Israel’s assault of Gaza amounts to genocide, citing Israel’s relentless attacks, blocking of humanitarian aid, targeting of health and other basic infrastructure, forced displacement of 90 percent of Gaza’s population, and more.

Amnesty is the first major international humanitarian organization to outright label Israel’s actions as a genocide. The group was also one of the first major human rights organizations to label Israel’s violent occupation and oppression of Palestine as apartheid, back in 2022.

The human rights group, one of the largest in the world, specifically called out the U.S. as a major collaborator in the genocide due to the Biden administration’s policy of sending Israel weapons with zero red lines. Just last week, despite Israel’s clear, ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza, reports emerged of the Biden administration advancing yet another sale of weapons to Israel worth $680 million.

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[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 101 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They CAN and will ignore it

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 48 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They can make it illegal to acknowledge it, even. Label any recognition a form of antisemitism. Accuse any reporter or activist of siding with The Terrorists.

Easy to forget that Tlaib has already been censured for saying exactly this a year ago.

H.Res.845 - Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib for promoting false narratives regarding the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and for calling for the destruction of the state of Israel.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 3 weeks ago

Wrong. They will assist while denying that’s it’s happening.

[–] rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Too many Democratic politicians are deciding to go with, "What are you going to do? Vote for a Republican?"

This is incredibly short-sighted and ethically wrong, but it seems we have reached that point. Difficult time to be a regular person in the US.

[–] Krono@lemmy.today 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The responsiveness of our government continues to decay, and the suffering of the average person continues to increase.

It is only a matter of time until some hero pulls a Brian Thompson on one of our genocidal democratically elected leaders.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

I didnt see shit

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 35 points 3 weeks ago

watch them.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Centrists & Conservatives: Hold my beer.

.. eh, fuck it, AIPAC will just buy me a new one.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Centrists are very clear on this one.

Or do you mean US centrists which are like everyone else's moderate-right?

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago
[–] kuato@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago
[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 2 points 3 weeks ago

some rare lemmy Ws happening in this thread, nice one ❤️

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How do you imagine that working exactly?

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Well Israels economy is shit. They are heavily dependent on free money from the US. So stop that flow and they'll be forced to stop spending and decrease their population.

The other thing is to force them to pay reparations for war crimes. That would bankrupt them pretty fast

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They'll just go somewhere else for their handouts. That's pretty much why we pay they in the first place.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Nobody would give free money to this murderous regime besides the US

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