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

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.”

  • ramble81@lemm.ee
    23·
    5 months ago

    To me, if my children or wife had been taken hostage. There would be no limit…

    So then, when about all those people killed in the process. What about the mothers and children dying? The ones that are not directly involved in this fight either. Do their spouses get the chance for the same level of revenge once they’re killed?

    Do you not see that inequality and what it does?

      • Zink@programming.dev
        10·
        5 months ago

        What if you were born in the wrong place and your family got gunned down or buried under rubble because the enemy thought a hostage (or their dead body) was in a building at the end of your street?

        You can’t always assume you’re the one who is both on a righteous quest and in possession of superior firepower.

        • ramble81@lemm.ee
          9·
          5 months ago

          His statement is beyond telling. To him, everyone is a terrorist, so none of them matter.

          • Zink@programming.dev
            2·
            5 months ago

            Yep. I see that as a reason to treat people with grace and compassion, especially the innocent and disadvantaged.

            And just to be clear, actual terrorists are in no way innocents. That is not who I am talking about. Nor am I arguing for pacifism.