Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) introduced legislation on Friday to recognize Israel’s genocide of Palestinian people in Gaza and call for the U.S. to take concrete actions like an arms embargo to end the ongoing slaughter.

“The Israeli government’s genocide in Gaza has not ended, and it will not end until we act,” said Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress.

The resolution , introduced with 20 cosponsors in the House, formally recognizes that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

It raises the U.S.’s obligations as a party to the UN genocide convention to end military assistance to Israel, ensure compliance with proceedings against Israel and Israeli officials in the Hague, and lift the U.S.’s sanctions against the International Criminal Court.

The resolution calls for th

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