Rashida Tlaib Pressures Biden to Give Israel a ‘Red Line’ Newsweek
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RepresentativeRashidaTlaibpressuredPresidentJoeBidentogiveIsraela“redline”onFridayaftertheInternationalCourtofJustice(ICJ)atTheHagueorderedthecountrytohaltitsmilitaryoperationinRafah.
TheICJissuedseveraldirectivestoIsraeliPrimeMinisterBenjaminNetanyahuonFridayincludingreopeningtheRafahbordercrossingwithEgypt,grantinvestigatorsaccesstotheGazastripandtoprovideaprogressreporttothecourtwithinamonthonimplementingthesemeasures.ThedemandscomeamidconcernsaboutthegrowingnumberofPalestinianciviliandeathsinIsrael’soffensive.
Hamas,aPalestinianmilitantgroup,launchedanattackagainstIsraelonOctober7,2023,killing1,200peopleandtakingabout250othershostage.IsraelsubsequentlylaunchedanoffensiveinGazainresponsethathaskilledmorethan35,000Palestiniansinthemonthssince,theAssociatedPressreports,citingtheGazaMinistryofHealth.
Tlaib,aMichiganDemocratwhoistheonlyPalestinian-AmericanmemberofCongress,respondedtotherulin
