Speaker of the Home of Representatives banned the celebration of “Nakba Day” within the US Congress – Muricas News

The chairman of the US Home of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, banned the Could 15 occasion devoted to the so-called “Nakba Day” – the anniversary of the institution of the state of Israel, which the Palestinians take into account their nationwide disaster.

“The occasion, which was deliberate to be held on Capitol Hill, has been canceled. As an alternative, I'll maintain a bipartisan dialogue devoted to the seventy fifth anniversary of US-Israel relations,” the Republican politician mentioned.

The initiator of the memorable assembly was the consultant of the Democratic Social gathering Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian by nationality. The Nakba Day was sponsored by a number of anti-Israeli organizations, together with Jewish ones.

“75 years in the past, the Zionist militias and the newly shaped Israeli military expelled three-quarters of the Palestinian folks from their homeland. This land turned the State of Israel,” The Jewish Chronicle quoted the announcement of the occasion as saying.