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    Commentary: Why Palestinian Americans believe Rep. Rashida Tlaib spoke the truth

    by Saree Makdisi, Los Angeles Times Nov 14, 2023 4 minutes
    Rashida Tlaib delivers a passionate speech, emphasizing the necessity of a ceasefire in Gaza, during a rally at the U.S. Capitol, Oct. 20, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Thousands of demonstrators convened to urge a ceasefire in Gaza.

    “I can’t believe I have to say this,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., said during the debate over the motion to censure her in Congress last week, “but Palestinian people are not disposable. We are human beings just like anyone else.”

    The vote passed Tuesday in the House 234-188. Tlaib powerfully captured the extent to which Palestinians have been silenced and dehumanized in institutions across the United States, even as they are killed and injured thousands of miles away. Indeed, the dehumanization here mirrors the physical destruction in Gaza and the West Bank — and helps to sustain it.

    Israel has so, including more than . It has damaged or destroyed and . It has left the territory’s population of 2.3 million people — of whom around half are children — largely , water, fuel, electricity and medicine.

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