DEARBORN: Two elected American officials on Saturday criticized political silence in the US regarding Israel’s genocide in Gaza despite growing public anger.
California Congressman Ro Khanna and Garlin Gilchrist II, Michigan’s lieutenant governor, addressed the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee convention in Dearborn, which was attended by Arab News.
Khanna said more and more of his fellow Democrats, and even Republicans, have broken with their traditional party stance of supporting Israel.
He asked: “How can you be a Democrat in Congress and not believe that it’s time for the US to recognize Palestinian aspirations” when Israel’s government is “erasing Palestinian identity” and considering annexing the West Bank?
Khanna criticized Republicans and Democrats for turning a blind eye in exchange for millions in pro-Israel campaign donations.
