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Posted: 2023-11-06T22:33:51Z | Updated: 2023-11-06T22:33:51Z

WASHINGTON Republicans introduced a pair of censure resolutions against Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Monday after the House rejected a similar measure last week.

A resolution by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) slams Tlaib for alleged antisemitic activity and sympathizing with terrorist organizations because of her public statements criticizing Israel .

Another measure, by Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.), would censure Tlaib for promoting false narratives regarding the October 7th, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and calling for destruction for the State of Israel.

The measures are part of a broader Republican effort to connect progressive lawmakers and Muslim and Arab Americans to the terrorist activities of the Palestinian group Hamas. Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) also introduced a bill on Friday to bar the admission of any Palestinian immigrants to the United States and expel those who have arrived since Oct. 1.

Tlaib, the sole Palestinian American in Congress, has been an outspoken critic of Israel, denouncing it as an apartheid state for its mistreatment of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Hamas, the armed group that controls Gaza, launched a terror attack that killed 1,400 Israelis on Oct. 7, prompting an Israeli bombardment and ground invasion that has killed thousands of Palestinians so far.

Tlaib has called for a cease-fire and on Friday posted a video using a pro-Palestinian slogan from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free that many of Israels defenders consider an antisemitic call to wipe Israel off the map, since the phrase refers to the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. The area between those two bodies of water encompasses Israel proper as well as the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Even many Jewish progressives prefer a two-state solution that would preserve an independent Israel alongside a Palestinian state, which is seemingly at odds with the slogans message.