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The House has passed a resolution standing with Israel in the aftermath of attacks by Hamas (www.politico.com)

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Nine progressive Democrats voted nay:

Jamaal Bowman
Andre Carson
Cori Bush
Al Green
Summer Lee
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Ilhan Omar
Delia Ramirez
Rashida Talib

They were joined by one Republican, Thomas Massie.

Six Democrats voted present on the resolution: Greg Casar, Joaquin Castro, Nydia Velázquez, Ayanna Pressley, Chuy Garcia and Pramila Jayapal.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't find this, care to provide source?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wikipedia: USS Liberty incident

The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship (spy ship), USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Does fact downvoting pay well? Because I’m looking for a new side hussle.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 1 points 1 year ago

So that seems like an obvious accident. I see absolutely no advantage for Israel to attack US ships, so the logical explanation is that it was a case of mistaken identity.