{"id":9797,"date":"2023-10-09T11:03:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T11:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/09\/rep-rashida-tlaib-critic-of-israel-breaks-silence-on-hamas-attacks-as-israeli-death-toll-climbs-over-600\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T11:03:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T11:03:31","slug":"rep-rashida-tlaib-critic-of-israel-breaks-silence-on-hamas-attacks-as-israeli-death-toll-climbs-over-600","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/09\/rep-rashida-tlaib-critic-of-israel-breaks-silence-on-hamas-attacks-as-israeli-death-toll-climbs-over-600\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Rashida Tlaib, critic of Israel, breaks silence on Hamas attacks as Israeli death toll climbs over 600"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable\">Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, an outspoken critic of Israel, has finally broken her silence on the unprecedented Hamas terrorist attack on Israel that has killed at least 600 Israelis and prompted Israel to officially declare war for the first time since 1973.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Tlaib\u2019s office released a statement to the Detroit News on Sunday, more than 24 hours after Hamas launched thousands of rockets at southern Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I grieve the Palestinian and Israeli lives lost yesterday, today, and every day,\u2019 the statement reads. \u2018As long as our country provides billions in unconditional funding to support the apartheid government, this heartbreaking cycle of violence will continue.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib has routinely\u00a0accused Israel of committing \u2018ethnic cleansing\u2019 against Palestinians and argues that Israel is an \u2018apartheid state.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2018Speaker McCarthy wants to rewrite history but the apartheid state of Israel was born out of violence and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians,\u2019 Tlaib wrote on social media in May. \u201975 years later, the Nakba continues to this day.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., have also been heavily critical of Israel in the past.\u00a0They called for a \u2018ceasefire\u2019\u00a0between Israel and Hamas on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s security cabinet officially declared war Saturday night after Hamas terrorists launched a surprise barrage of thousands of\u00a0rockets into southern Israel,\u00a0according to the Times of Israel.\u00a0It is Israel\u2019s first declaration of war since the Yom Kippur War in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>The Hamas incursion killed at least 600 Israelis and wounded at least 2,000 more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media fn-video\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"m video-player\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Israeli forces have launched retaliatory strikes against Hamas terrorists in Gaza, striking 426 targets and leveling residential buildings to the ground. Israeli military also traded fire with Lebanon\u2019s Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group in the north, which has raised fears of a broader conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Among the 313 killed in Gaza were 20 children, and close to 2,000 wounded, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">&lt;!\u2013&gt;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>\n<p>\u2013&gt;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, an outspoken critic of Israel, has finally broken her silence on the unprecedented Hamas terrorist attack on Israel that has killed at least 600 Israelis and prompted Israel to officially declare war for the first time since 1973. 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