Democratic lawmaker Rashida Tlaib on Friday introduced a resolution in the United States Congress to recognize Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. This resolution, if passed, would officially recognizes that the Israeli government has committed the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.

Co-sponsored by 21 Democratic lawmakers, Resolution H.RES. 876 urges the US government to fulfill its obligations under the Genocide Convention. It specifically calls for an immediate halt to all relevant arms and equipment transfers to Israel, the investigation and prosecution of the US-based individuals and corporations complicit in acts of genocide, and the imposition of targeted, lawful sanctions against the State of Israel.

“Impunity only enables more atrocity,” Congresswo

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