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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

Betty McCollum

(From left) Democratic representatives Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts respond to remarks by US President Donald Trump after his call for the four Democratic congresswomen to go back to their 'broken' countries, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, on July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
May 19, 2022, 12:32 am
Rashida Tlaib introduces resolution for US to formally recognize Palestinian Nakba
Initiative backed by ‘Squad’ of progressive lawmakers, to mark ‘catastrophe’ of 1948, unlikely to receive a vote; represents latest broadening of Israel debate in Democratic party
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian relatives carry the body of Omar As'ad, at his funeral; As'ad was found dead after being detained and handcuffed during an Israeli raid, in Jiljilya village in the West Bank, on January 13, 2022. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
January 15, 2022, 4:58 pm
Echoing State Dept, US lawmakers urge probe into citizen’s death after IDF arrest
5 Democrats in House, Senate express outrage and demand investigation after Palestinian Omar As’ad, 80, found dead at construction site where he was left after a brief arrest
By Jacob Magid
Democratic US Representative Betty McCollum of Minnesota, in July 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images via JTA)
October 28, 2021, 9:42 pm
Progressive Dems submit motion panning Israel for outlawing Palestinian groups
House measure blasts ‘repressive’ decision to label 6 human rights organizations as terror groups, urges Biden and Blinken to publicly censure Israel
By Jacob Magid
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) (C) confers with U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, (D-MI) (2nd R) and Rep. Ayanna S. Pressley (D-MA) (R) during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing July 12, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
August 4, 2021, 12:17 am
7 Dems urge US Treasury to review tax-exempt status of pro-settlement charities
Progressive House members express concern that providing benefits to groups that operate in settlements and in East Jerusalem violates ‘US obligations under international law’
By Jacob Magid
Israeli security forces clash with protesters outside a home of a Jewish family in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on May 8, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 13, 2021, 10:11 am
25 House Democrats call on Blinken to condemn East Jerusalem evictions
Letter urging top US diplomat to pressure Israel over fate of families in Sheikh Jarrah gets more support than expected
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: IDF soldiers handcuffing and blindfolding a Palestinian during an operation to arrest terror suspects in the West Bank, on December 8, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 22, 2021, 1:16 pm
AIPAC pans bill to block US aid from some Israeli activities in West Bank
Pro-Israel group says Minnesota Democrat’s legislation aiming to prevent funds being used in certain security ops, such as arresting minors, would undermine Israel’s security
By Jacob Magid
Democratic US Representative Betty McCollum of Minnesota, in July 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images via JTA)
April 15, 2021, 3:24 am
J Street, Americans for Peace Now back bill restricting how Israel spends US aid
Dovish groups endorse Minnesota Democrat’s proposal to prevent American funds from being used to detain Palestinian minors, annex territories
By Ron Kampeas
House Appropriations subcommittee Chairman Rep. Peter Visclosky, D-Ind., and Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn. (left) listen to testimony during a hearing on US Air Force budget request for FY 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
February 13, 2020, 3:23 am
Congresswoman calls AIPAC a ‘hate group’ after it attacks her in ad
Democrat Betty McCollum from Minnesota accuses pro-Israel lobby of ‘weaponizing anti-Semitism and hate to silence debate’
By Ron Kampeas
House Appropriations subcommittee Chairman Rep. Peter Visclosky, D-Ind., and Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn. (left) listen to testimony during a hearing on US Air Force budget request for FY 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
May 3, 2019, 6:13 pm
US bill would withhold military aid to Israel over detention of Palestinian kids
Betty McCollum, a Minnesota Democrat, has tried in the past to introduce similar legislation, but without success
By JTA
US Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, March 6, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
April 12, 2018, 11:36 pm
Elizabeth Warren urges Israeli restraint toward Gaza protesters
Senior Democrat is ‘deeply concerned’ and calls on IDF to ‘respect the rights of Palestinians to peacefully protest’
By JTA and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian rioter in Wadi Joz, near the Old City of Jerusalem, July 21, 2017. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
November 14, 2017, 11:04 pm
US bill would prevent funding jailing of Palestinian minors
With nine co-sponsors, Minnesota Democrat Betty McCollum says bill meant to highlights Israel’s ‘system of military detention’ of children
By JTA
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives for a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2017. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)
June 29, 2017, 11:30 pm
US lawmakers urge Tillerson to help Palestinian going on trial in Israel
Issa Amro is facing charges connected to protests he organized in Hebron against the Israeli army and settlement expansion
By JTA
Issa Amro, who leads the 'Youths Against Settlements' organization, criticizes the Israeli government and Hebron's Jewish settlers in the old city, on November 5, 2015. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
June 5, 2017, 11:32 pm
Democrats want US to pressure Israel over treatment of Palestinian activist
Four lawmakers want IDF to drop indictment charges for Issa Amro, citing freedom of expression
By JTA
In this Thursday, May 15, 2014, photo, men rush to the aid of Mohammad Abu Daher, 17, moments after he was killed in a clash with Israeli troops near the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)
August 25, 2015, 6:12 pm
US lawmaker wants Israel military aid halted over Palestinian deaths
Betty McCollum asks State Department to probe ‘brutal system of occupation that devalues and dehumanizes Palestinian children’
By Tamar Pileggi
Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen during a hearing in Washington, February 4, 2014. (AP/Cliff Owen)
March 3, 2015, 8:58 am
Democrats to respond to Netanyahu after Congress speech
Congressmen to hold press conference after address; Obama likely won’t watch speech, and White House invites Dems to meeting that clashes with it
By Stuart Winer
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