© Provided by Washington Examiner Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib told a crowd that the freedom of black and brown people in the United States is "interconnected" with the plight of Arab militants in Gaza currently clashing with Israel.
"Our freedom is interconnected with black, brown, indigenous, it is connected," the Michigan Democrat of Palestinian descent said Wednesday.
"What they are doing to the Palestinian people is what they continue to do to our black brothers and sisters here ... So I want you to know this, as you all are marching for freedom of Palestine, please know that you must be marching for everybody's freedom. It is all interconnected."
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Tlaib and fellow members of "the Squad" have drawn criticism from conservatives in recent days over their vocal opposition to Israel's violent response to rocket attacks launched by Hamas in Gaza.
"I see some who were silent as Palestinians were ripped from their homes and tear gassed in their holiest mosques now finding their voices - to stand with the Israeli gov as airstrikes leave Palestinian children dead," Tlaib tweeted Monday. "Where are your voices when Palestinians are under threat?"
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At least 65 people, including at least 15 Hamas militants, have been killed in Gaza, along with seven in Israel, in what amounts to the bloodiest exchange between the two sides in years.
"Stop the fire immediately. We're escalating towards a full-scale war," United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland tweeted Tuesday. "The cost of war in Gaza is devastating & is being paid by ordinary people. UN is working w/ all sides to restore calm. Stop the violence now."
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