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'I know the Nakba never ended,' Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib stated Wednesday
15 May 2024 22:38 BST
Palestinian-American member of Congress Rashida Tlaib virtually addressed a Nakba remembrance ceremony on Wednesday, saying "I know the Nakba never ended."
"The Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war. Israeli forces have killed tens of thousands of Palestinians – over 13,000 children. Nearly 100,000 Palestinians have been injured and 1.7 million displaced," Tlaib told the Israeli-Palestinian NGO Combatants For Peace.
"Palestinians are human beings, and we also have dreams of truly being free," she continued. "We are mothers, daughters, and granddaughters. We are justice seekers … my prayer on this Nakba Remembrance Day is that the Palestinian people will one day live in a free Palestine.”