Rep. Ritchie Torres has called out fellow Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar for saying he was 'happy' that Palestinians are being killed.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., talks during a press conference to call for a cease-fire in Israel and Gaza on Capitol Hill, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, in Washington. Rep. Ritchie Torres has called out fellow Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar for saying he was “happy” that Palestinians are being killed.“Every casualty is a tragedy. Every war is a humanitarian crisis,” Mr. Torres said on CNN. “We have to keep in mind the causes of this war. Israel did not start the war.
Mr. Torres of New York and Ms. Omar of Minnesota are both members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which is the most left-leaning faction of the Democratic Party and the largest Democratic caucus in Congress. The rift between these two lawmakers reflects a growing divide on the left between Democrats’ traditional support for Israel and a growing pro-Palestinian faction.
Mr. Torres also pointed out that Ms. Omar has voted against Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, but the system “protects Israeli civilians from relentless rocket fire.” “Were it not for Iron Dome interceptions, there would be far more dead Israelis, far more, by orders of magnitude,” he said. “And so the policy position she has taken would have led to more dead Israelis and more dead Palestinians.”“How many more killings is enough for you,” Ms. Omar asked Friday at a news conference.
“Given Congress Member Omar’s opposition to Iron Dome, one must ask: how many Israeli Jews, Israeli Arabs, and Palestinians must die from endless rocket fire and escalated conflict before she summons the moral decency to support Iron Dome?” he said. “Without Iron Dome, the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust would have been deadlier.”
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