Political Quotes

“I am the only Palestinian American serving in Congress, and I have family members all throughout the West Bank and what many people call the illegally occupied territories. We are here again reaffirming Congress' support for apartheid. Policing the words of women of color who dare to speak up about truth and about oppression is just not what we should be doing here in Congress. Let's just get the record straight here. This is not something that is made up. The United Nations Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and Israel's own largest human rights organization, B'Tselem, all agree that Israel is an apartheid state. To assert otherwise, Mr. Speaker, in the face of this body of evidence is an attempt to deny the reality and to normalize violence of apartheid. This week we are going to hear consistently people touting about, oh, this is bipartisan support here. Don't forget, this body, this Congress, supported a South African apartheid regime, and it was bipartisan as well. Mr. Speaker, you don't have to take it from me to understand the racism of an apartheid government. Let's take a moment just to hear Israeli Government's own politician in their own words. This is a direct quote, not mine.…”