Tlaib Reintroduces Nakba Resolution With 12 Co-Sponsors as Bill Seeks to Restore UNRWA Aid
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Updated · The Jerusalem Post · May 18
Tlaib Reintroduces Nakba Resolution With 12 Co-Sponsors as Bill Seeks to Restore UNRWA Aid
3 articles · Updated · The Jerusalem Post · May 18
Rashida Tlaib refiled a House resolution for Nakba Day that would have the US officially commemorate the Nakba and reject what it calls denial of an "ongoing Nakba."
The measure says at least 750,000 Palestinians—about 75% of the indigenous population in 1948—were expelled, and argues that dispossession continues through Gaza, the West Bank, Jerusalem and refugee camps in Lebanon.
If passed, the resolution would restore US aid to UNRWA, bar Israel from using American-made weapons against Palestinians and cut US diplomatic support tied to what Tlaib called American complicity.
Twelve lawmakers, including Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, co-sponsored the bill, and more than 100 organizations endorsed it as Nakba commemorations and protests were held in Chicago and Houston.
With international courts citing genocide in Gaza, how is the historical term 'Nakba' being redefined by today's conflict?
As conflict expands into Lebanon, are regional powers fundamentally reshaping the Israeli-Palestinian struggle?
As UN reports confirm famine and a 'strategy of debilitation,' what actions can halt Gaza's humanitarian collapse?