"I Will Not Be Silenced": Rep. Rashida Tlaib Calls for Gaza Ceasefire as House Votes to Censure Her
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As the death toll from Israel's relentless assault on Gaza tops 10,000 and millions around the world march in the streets for a ceasefire, the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to censure the only Palestinian American in Congress. By a vote of 234 to 188, lawmakers officially rebuked Congressmember Rashida Tlaib for her criticism of Israel, including her defense of the slogan from the river to the sea" as a Palestinian call for freedom and equality; 22 Democrats joined Republicans in the vote. The cries of the Palestinian and Israeli children sound no different to me," Tlaib said in an emotional speech before the vote. What I don't understand is why the cries of Palestinians sound different to you all."