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May. 13, 2021 5:03 AM
WASHINGTON – Twenty-five House Democrats signed a letter urging U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to publicly condemn the planned eviction of Palestinians from homes in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on land claimed by Jewish settlers and exert diplomatic pressure on Israel to prevent the acts from taking place.
The number of signatories on the letter, which has been circulated for nearly a week by Reps. Marie Newman and Mark Pocan, is significantly higher than what sources had been expecting, reflecting the steadily growing disapproval of the displacement plans within the Democratic Party.
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“Palestinian families have every right to live safely in their homes. That’s why I’ve led my colleagues in a letter calling on the State Department to immediately condemn these heinous actions by the Israeli government against Palestinian families in East Jerusalem. America must defend human rights everywhere,” Newman said in a statement.
In their letter, the House Democrats call on the Biden administration to “immediately send the strongest diplomatic message to Israel to desist from its plans.”
Ultranationalist Jewish groups are seeking to oust dozens of Palestinian families from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood over a real estate dispute. The most imminent notice against four families sparked mass protests in East Jerusalem late last month. Israel’s Supreme Court was slated to hold a hearing on the matter on Monday, which the state decided to delay due to concerns of violence and inte
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Chuy DeMuzio??
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They are including him. Doesn’t that count? :)
Maybe he’s saying it’s transparent that the process isn’t gonna be as advertised?
If that’s where he’s going, that’d be correct.
Well when the bar on openness and inclusivity is sooooo low, maybe its true that it will be the most ever! /s
I imagine when some of these claims were originally being made they had imagined having several more months to work with the results, hold meetings, etc.
They created this standard for themselves. It’s a pretty embarrassing self own, especially since the GOP rhetoric around their own super minority is built around unfair maps instead of the intellectual and moral bankruptcy of their party.
Israeli policemen gather during clashes with Palestinians at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, amid tension over the possible eviction of several Palestinian families from homes on land claimed by Jewish settlers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, in Jerusalem’s Old City, May 7, 2021. Photo by Jamal Awad (c) APA Images.
Israel’s push to evict Palestinians from their houses in East Jerusalem, and its crackdown on Palestinian protests of the evictions, have been getting international attention in a largely negative light. And several U.S. congresspeople are condemning the evictions as illegal and calling on the U.S. government to restrict U.S. aid over the human rights violations.