Rep. Rashida Tlaib called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to resign in a Thursday social media post, citing a ProPublica story alleging he had rejected internal government findings about Israel blocking aid to Gaza.
“[Blinken] lied. People went hungry, and some died. He needs to resign now,” she wrote on X. Tlaib (D-Mich.), a progressive and the only Palestinian American in Congress, has been a vocal critic of the U.S. government’s policy towards Israel.
ProPublica reported earlier this week that Blinken had delivered a toned-down message to Congress in May that had contradicted internal government findings that Israel had blocked deliveries of humanitarian aid into Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war. The internal findings, ProPublica reported, could have implications for U.S. military aid to Israel because of U.S. laws — which require an end to weapons shipments to countries that block U.S.-backed humanitarian aid.
The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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