Rashida Tlaib: “Over 4,200 people have been massacred since the start of the…”

“Talib Gentlelady from Michigan is recognized for seven minutes. This week's vote is about immediately ending all U.S. participation in the Israeli government's violent assault against the people of Lebanon. Over 4,200 people have been massacred since the start of the Israeli apartheid regime's brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing and territory expansion in Lebanon. And nearly a thousand additional people have already been killed since Congress refused to pass the Lebanon War Powers Resolution earlier this month. That's just 25 days and 1,000 additional people.” (00:13–00:24)

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