House passes resolution condemning antisemitism

The House passed a Republican-led resolution on Tuesday condemning antisemitism in the United States and globally. Ahead of the vote, Democratic Reps. Jerry Nadler and Daniel Goldman of New York and Jamie Raskin of Maryland urged their colleagues to vote “present” on the GOP resolution, describing it as a partisan attempt to score political points and saying that a bipartisan approach is needed. In remarks on the House floor, Nadler pointed to language in the GOP resolution stating that “anti-Zionism is antisemitism.” “That is either intellectually disingenuous or just factually wrong,” he said. Separately, two House Democrats are planning on introducing a resolution this week condemning Hamas’ use of sexual violence and rape against Israeli women. While Jayapal condemned the rape of Israeli women by Hamas and called it “horrific” on CNN’s “State of the Union,” she pointed out that over 15,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza since the start of the war and said, “I think we have to be balanced about bringing in the outrages against Palestinians.” Jayapal released a statement Tuesday afternoon saying, “Let me be completely clear again that I unequivocally condemn Hamas’ use of rape and sexual violence as an act of war.