Betty McCollum

The Minnesota representative said “the remaining hostages must come home alive, and the unbearable conflict in Gaza must end.”

Rep. Rashida Tlaib said reading official U.S. statements, one “would hardly know that Palestinians existed,” and that there has been no recognition of home demolitions or evictions, the detaining of children, sustained harassment of worshippers at Al-Aqsa mosque or of Palestinian humanity.

Rep. Betty McCollum’s bill is being backed by several left-wing groups such as J Street, IfNotNow, Jewish Voice for Peace and Americans for Peace Now.

A BDS supporter, she has accused Israel of “apartheid” and was one of the few members of Congress to vote against the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006, which aimed to curb and defund Hamas.

The Israeli Annexation Non-Recognition Act would also prohibit U.S. assistance to areas where Israel has applied sovereignty.

“It’s a slander and a grotesque mischaracterization of the State of Israel, which is an exemplary member of the community of democracies,” says Dan Mariaschin, B’nai B’rith International CEO and executive vice president.