The House has passed a resolution standing with Israel in the aftermath of attacks by Hamas - eviltoast
It marks the first action by the chamber under the leadership of Speaker Mike Johnson.

Nine progressive Democrats voted nay:

  • Jamaal Bowman
  • Andre Carson
  • Cori Bush
  • Al Green
  • Summer Lee
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
  • Ilhan Omar
  • Delia Ramirez
  • Rashida Talib

They were joined by one Republican, Thomas Massie.

Six Democrats voted present on the resolution: Greg Casar, Joaquin Castro, Nydia Velázquez, Ayanna Pressley, Chuy Garcia and Pramila Jayapal.

  • Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    For context, the numbers I’ve seen suggest it’s around 57% of Gazans have at least a “somewhat positive” view of Hamas. However, 62% of Gazans supported Hamas maintaining the ceasefire (ofc this was before the attack).

    The crazy part is, that had Israel had a calm and measured approach, using targeted munitions on confirmed targets only, minimizing civilian casualties, kept the food+water+electricity flowing during the military action, and kept firm rule of law vs settler reprisal attacks in the west bank, they would have moved the needle on Hamas support.

    Now they’ve all but guaranteed the radicalization of a new wave of terrorists for the foreseeable future. This unjustified violence is truly self-defeating.