Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib refused to apologize Wednesday for saying on Tuesday that Israel is to blame for the hospital explosion that day in Gaza, an accusation that sparked political backlash against her from Republicans as Israel denies fault.

Tlaib joined thousands of protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza during a solidarity rally hosted by the left-leaning group Jewish Voice for Peace at the National Mall. She was visibly emotional, at times pausing her speech to openly weep and criticizing lawmakers who have not backed a ceasefire resolution.

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        Is there a reason you choose to believe their story about the hospital explosion? Have they presented any evidence at all?

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          I take no stance on the hospital bombing, from what I’ve seen it seems like it was a group called Islamic Jihad

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            Ah, I thought I was still replying to the OP of this thread. It probably was PIJ, but the only party that originally asserted it was Israel was Hamas, so people piggybacking off Hamas’s story and running with it rather than looking at any of the evidence is a real problem.

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              I think people are just fearing the worst of the Israeli retaliation, honestly its not outlandish to me for Israel to bomb a hospital so I can see why people jumped to conclusions.

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                So people are biased into thinking Israel would kill hundreds of civilians in one shot just because it wanted to, yourself included, and after seeing all the evidence point to the opposite, you’re just saying “oh well, they’re still just as evil as they clearly aren’t?”

                I bet you also assume, apropos of no evidence, that Israel did bomb the Rafah crossing, even though Israel keeps telling Palestinians to go evacuate south, and Egypt, Jordan, Hamas, and PIJ all keep telling them not to. The media moved on bare accusations from Arab parties, but can’t cite any evidence or reason for the claim.

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                  Damn I wonder why people would be biased against an apartheid state participating in ethnic cleansing aka genocide.

                  Also i never said anything about any of those specific incidents you are referring to.

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                    Damn I wonder why people would be biased against an apartheid state participating in ethnic cleansing aka genocide.

                    I more wonder why people are so willing to believe that a border between nations is a form of apartheid, or that genocide is what it’s called when populations skyrocket.

                    But you’d rather believe an organization that calls for global genocide in its founding charter, proactively forbids any kind of peace, and acts accordingly, huh? You’d rather believe them when they have no evidence? You’d rather believe them when they post videos of themselves massacring civilians and then go on TV the next day saying “we didn’t target any civilians, that’s just propaganda.”

                    Also i never said anything about any of those specific incidents you are referring to.

                    this whole thread is about the hospital explosion.