- Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) held a Nakba Day event inside a Senate office building, initially scheduled to be held at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center but canceled by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy.
- The event took place in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Hearing Room, and was sponsored by Senator Bernie Sanders.
- Tlaib accused Israeli police of a “sustained campaign of terror” at the Temple Mount during the event, and she criticized U.S. support for Israel, calling it an “apartheid state” and accusing it of ethnic cleansing. Read More