House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday foiled Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s attempt to host an event at the Capitol Building with anti-Israel groups that decries the founding of the Jewish State as a “catastrophe.”
“This event in the US Capitol is canceled,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced in a tweet on Tuesday. “Instead, I will host a bipartisan discussion to honor the 75th anniversary of the US-Israel relationship.”
Tlaib (D-Mich.), a member of the far-left “Squad” of congressional lawmakers, had planned to host an event with nine anti-Israel groups at the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday titled “Nakba 75 & the Palestinian People.”
“Nakba” – which means “catastrophe” – is the Arabic term for the events surrounding…
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