Here's part of a statement made by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) on October 13th:

“I am calling for immediate de-escalation and ceasefire to save countless civilian lives, no matter their faith or ethnicity. Our government must lead with compassion for all civilians. I believe in my heart that the majority of Americans want the killing and violence to stop. War crimes cannot be answered with war crimes."

This sounds like a rare willingness to be honest, to call the mass killing by both Hamas and the Israeli government crimes. If everyone could perform that simple feat, we might overcome cycles of escalating violence, or at least be rid of a great deal of unhelpful arguing and namecalling. Tlaib has been saying similar things since the recent outbreak of violence began.

Rep. Tlaib has been rewarded for her efforts with a move to censure her in the House of Representatives, denunciations by Republicans, denunciations by Democrats, and a Fox News reporter chasing her down a hallway demanding that she answer for the apparently fictional beheading of babies.

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There are a lot of pressures on a Congress Member to support wars: financial "donations," revolving door offers, media access, threats of censure, threats of primary challengers, promises of favors and committee assignments. One of the most critical factors is Party approval, and in particular the requirement to fall in behind the White House when inhabited by a president of one's own party. Tlaib is courageous enough to criticize a Democratic administration when necessary. She said:

“Millions of people in Gaza—half of them children—have been given an impossible 24 hour evacuation order, but they have nowhere to go. They have been cut off from electricity, food, and water for days. Hospitals are running out of electricity to keep babies and the injured alive. The collective punishment of Palestinian civilians is a war crime, the confirmed use of white phosphorus bombs in Gaza is a war crime, yet there are no statements demanding these violations stop from the American political establishment. It is heartbreaking to witness the blanket disregard for saving civilians—including Americans—in Gaza."

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