Both Muslim Congresswomen, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, ran to defend that Palestinian people in Gaza and blame Israel for the conflict that occurred over the weekend.
Tlaib accuses Israel of unjustly oppressing and targeting Palestinian children; and took issue with a New York Times headline that put the blame on Gaza militants:
When will the world stop dehumanizing our Palestinian people who just want to be free? Headlines like this & framing it in this way just feeds into the continued lack of responsibility on Israel who unjustly oppress & target Palestinian children and families. #FreePalestine https://t.co/p3X3j8WtwM
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) May 5, 2019
Ilhan Omar chimed in last night blaming Israel for their “occupation” of Gaza:
How many more protesters must be shot, rockets must be fired, and little kids must be killed until the endless cycle of violence ends?
The status quo of occupation and humanitarian crisis in Gaza is unsustainable. Only real justice can bring about security and lasting peace.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) May 5, 2019
It’s really disgusting that they would defend terrorism like this. Israel is not at fault here for this latest flare-up either:
Looking back at Friday’s coverage, it seemed to all begin after a Palestinian sniper shot two Israeli soldiers, both of whom were flown to a hospital.
Israel then responded by targeting a nearby Hamas military post, killing two soldiers. Israel also killed a Palestinian protester who was trying to breech the fence. Another Palestinian died later from wounds suffered during the riots.
But if we go back even further, we see the IDF striking Hamas targets in Gaza early on Thursday morning after Palestinians launched “explosive and arson balloons” into Israel:
In response to the explosive and arson balloons launched from #Gaza to #Israel earlier today, our Air Force recently struck a number of Hamas terror targets in Gaza.
We hold Hamas responsible.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) May 2, 2019
And later that morning Rocket sirens began going off in Israel:
5:37AM
Israeli families in southern Israel are jolted awake by the sound of air-raid sirens as 2 rockets are fired from #Gaza at #Israel. pic.twitter.com/M1EtUZ960x— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) May 2, 2019
It was then that the Palestinian sniper shot two Israeli soldiers:
INITIAL REPORT: Shots fired from Gaza at IDF soldiers along Israel’s border fence. Details to follow. pic.twitter.com/GNh68YGV7s
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) May 3, 2019