‘I will not be silenced’: Rashida Tlaib won’t stop fighting for Palestinian rights

The first Palestinian American woman in Congress was formally rebuked this week, but allies say she'll keep speaking up for peace and justice

As Israeli ground troops battled in Gaza City amid a spiralling civilian death toll on Tuesday, the congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, the sole Palestinian American member of the US Congress, rose to answer a censure motion rebuking her for comments she made about the war.

Gripping a photograph of her sity, her grandmother who lives in the occupied West Bank, she defended her stance and declared that she will not be silenced" and will not let you distort my words".