Summer Lee calls for arms embargo against Israel, ignores Israeli suffering, in social media post about the cease-fire
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Summer Lee calls for arms embargo against Israel, ignores Israeli suffering, in social media post about the cease-fire

Lee called for a cease-fire just nine days after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel

Rep. Summer Lee (Photo courtesy of summerlee.house.gov)
Rep. Summer Lee (Photo courtesy of summerlee.house.gov)

Rep. Summer Lee, Squirrel Hill’s congresswoman, weighed in on the hostage/cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel, acknowledging only Palestinian trauma while silent as to the past 15 months of Israeli suffering.

In a Jan. 17 post on X (formerly Twitter), Lee does not mention Hamas and its Oct. 7 2023, attack that ignited the war, instead laying the blame for the conflict entirely on the Jewish state and referring to Israel’s response as a “genocide.”

“The enduring suffering and trauma endured by the Palestinians in Gaza and the rising toll of this conflict underscore the urgency of doing more,” Lee wrote on X, while calling for a “decisive shift in U.S. policy,” including an arms embargo against Israel, “an end to the occupation and blockade of Gaza, and the apartheid policies that deny Palestinians their basic rights.”

“True peace cannot exist with occupation and oppression,” she added.

Lee did not mention the trauma inflicted on the Israeli people, including the hostages held for 470 days by terrorists.

Just nine days after Hamas invaded Israel, brutally murdering 1200 people, mostly civilians, kidnapping more than 250 others, and using sexual assault as a weapon of war, Lee and fellow “Squad” member Cori Bush introduced a House resolution calling for an “immediate cease-fire in Israel and occupied Palestine.” That resolution did not call for Hamas to release its hostages. PJC

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