By Haley Talbot, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy cancelled a Wednesday event sponsored by Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib meant to commemorate al-Nakba, or “the catastrophe,” as many Arabs refer to the period surrounding the birth of Israel, saying it’s “wrong for members of Congress to traffic in an…
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McCarthy blocks Tlaib event marking Palestinian displacement, known as Nakba
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US Congresswoman Tlaib holds event for Palestinian Nakba Day in Senate
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday foiled Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s attempt to host an event at the Capitol Building with anti-Israel groups that decries the founding of the Jewish State as a “cata…
By Haley Talbot, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy cancelled a Wednesday event sponsored by Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib meant to commemorate al-Nakba, or “the catastrophe,” as many Arabs refer to the period surrounding the birth of Israel, saying it’s “wrong for members of Congress to traffic in an…
Rep. Rashida Tlaib has defied House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and instead held an event recognizing the "Nakba," a Palestinian term for Israel's founding that means "catastrophe."
The event, titled, “Nakba 75 & the Palestinian People,” was a standing-room only affair, and it appeared that Tlaib and Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) were the only lawmakers present. Tlaib did not tak…
The top Republican in the House tried to cancel the event to commemorate the Palestinian displacement of 1948, but Senator Bernie Sanders stepped in to help the outspoken congresswoman.
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