Tlaib labels Israel's Netanyahu a 'genocidal maniac,' 'murderer,' and 'war criminal'

Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "genocidal maniac," "murderer," and "war criminal."

"Genocidal maniac. Every member of Congress who sits down with this murderer is supporting a war criminal. We will never ever forget," Tlaib wrote.

Israel has been waging war in response to heinous attacks perpetrated by Hamas terrorists who kidnapped, raped, and murdered people.

In a recent op-ed, Netanyahu laid out three requirements to achieve peace between the Jewish state and Palestinians in Gaza: "Hamas must be destroyed, Gaza must be demilitarized, and Palestinian society must be deradicalized," he wrote.

"Israel does its best to minimize civilian casualties by dropping leaflets, sending text messages and using other means to warn Gazans to get out of harm’s way. Hamas by contrast does its utmost to keep Palestinians in harm’s way—often at gunpoint," Netanyahu stated.

Back in a 2021 tweet, Tlaib accused Israel of "war crimes led by the apartheid-in-chief Netanyahu."

While the expression "from the river to the sea" is widely regarded as a call to wipe out the Jewish state of Israel, Tlaib has claimed that it "is an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence, not death, destruction, or hate."

The progressive congresswoman, who is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, was censured in a 234-188 House vote last month.

While Tlaib and some other Democrats have been calling for a ceasefire, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has been strongly supportive of Israel as it seeks to eliminate Hamas.

"I grieve, and it's awful the incredible civilian deaths and the suffering. It's awful. War is hell, as they say. But only one side has used civilians as human shields. Only one side has broken the cease-fires. Only one side will systematically rape, torture and mutilate Israeli women and girls in the most unspeakable, awful ways. … Without destroying Hamas, there will be no enduring peace and a stable, two-state solution," Fetterman said, according to Politico.

When pressed on whether Netanyahu should remain in power, Fetterman said, "I don't have a vote in that. That's for the Israeli citizens. They have much more at stake. But what I can say [is] I believe that an overwhelming majority of Israeli citizens would want a senator standing with them and their right to destroy Hamas [and not] somebody that would splinter or peel away when things continue and as more and more antisemitism continues to go across college campuses, across our nation," the senator said, according to the outlet.

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