House to vote on rebuking Biden's call for Gaza ceasefire

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Axios

Updated 12 hours ago



The House is scheduled to vote next week on a measure slamming President Biden for advocating an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza in a call with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday.

Why it matters: The vote threatens to resurface the stark divisions between the pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian factions of the House Democratic caucus.

It's the latest in a series of Israel-related wedge votes House Republicans have held since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack.

Driving the news: The three-page measure introduced by Rep. Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) denounces "efforts to place one-sided pressure on Israel with respect to Gaza."

It cites a White House readout of Biden's call with Netanyahu, which said Biden ''underscored that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilize and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians."

The measure also declares opposition to a U.N. Security Council resolution passed last month calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, which the U.S. abstained on rather than vetoed.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/04/05/house-vote-biden-gaza-ceasefire

[bucolic_frolic]

1. We all know who's the instigator

if not the fomenter. Does Don call Bibi, or is it a texting affair?

[Lovie777]

2. Ok have the GQP lost their collective minds?.............................

yes.

[GB_RN]

3. Oh, Sure...

Let’s do this useless, utterly stupid, voter-base-riling stunt because we have absolutely nothing better to do. Yup. No important matters facing the country. Nothing at all.

Move along. Nothing to see here. Move along.
🙄

[paleotn]

4. I don't think this will have the desired effect.

Repukes seem to think Dems are as bumbling and stupid as they are. Well, keep thinking that, Repukes. They're the political version of Wile E. Coyote.

[SarahD]

5. The public is coming around.

Public opinion is swinging away from the previous view that Israel had an unconditional right to kill as many Palestinians as they wanted. Most people now agree with our President, that Israel is responsible to minimize civilian casualties. They see Netanyahu as heartless for insisting that he's allowed to shoot, bomb and starve as many Palestinians as he wants to win and destroy Hamas.

[paleotn]

8. Other than a few nutters, I don't think most felt Israel had a right to kill Palestinians at will.

They do have a right to seek out and destroy Hamas militants wherever they can be found. But at what lengths and at what cost? Seems this has morphed into something vastly more sinister, driven by the religious zealots keeping Bibi in power and out of jail. It's now about a land grab and extermination. I can't argue with that in good conscience. I get " I told you so " from those I've argued with in recent months. You were right in many ways. I thought and hoped cooler, smarter heads would prevail but they didn't.

Now we have Israeli policy creating a mirror image of Hamas policy and a crime against humanity. Playing right into the hands of their enemies, just so the ultra right doesn't pull support from Netanyahu, him losing the inevitable election and potentially landing in jail.

[Novara]

6. They want more civilians and aid workers to die.

The absolutely SICK thing? They won't lose their races because they are fucking sick and evil. They keep getting enough hateful people to vote them in.

[LeftInTX]

7. I found the resolution, but I can't find a number...

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https://rules.house.gov/sites/republicans.rules118.house.gov/files/ISRL_ELCTN_RES_xml.pdf

I wanna tell my Repuke to vote "NO".

The resolution is very one sided.

ETA: Emailed my Repuke, but the stupid online portal only accepts 500 characters.

[riversedge]

12. Perhaps they are waiting for House to open--I see no signitures either. But

i will be calling my Reps Monday am

[jvill]

10. If the House GOP wants to get on the side of a genocidal maniac Bibi...

... please proceed.

It's basically the GOP and AIPAC and that's it.

Rock on!

[BlueKota]

13. Yet President Biden is taking lion's share of the blame

for not being able to unilaterally cut off aid to Isreal by some Democrats. Now the right is piling up on the other side.
The poor guy can't catch a break.

[TeamProg]

11. Did the Gop'sters invoke the name "Soros" anywhere in the measure? No? Then the measure carries no weight

whatsoever!