Tlaib labels Israel an ‘apartheid state’ in impassioned floor speech

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) harshly denounced a House resolution supporting Israel in a floor speech on Tuesday, the day before Israeli President Isaac Herzog will address a joint meeting of Congress. “Israel is an apartheid state. To assert otherwise, Mr. Speaker, in the face of this body of evidence, is an attempt to deny the reality and an attempt to normalize violence of apartheid,” Tlaib said. “Don’t forget: This body, this Congress, supported the South African apartheid regime, and it was bipartisan as well,” she added. Tlaib, who is of...