During Oval Office visit with Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, Pres. Biden says friendship between the two countries is “simply unbreakable.” “America’s commitment to Israel is firm and it is ironclad.”
Rep. Pramila Jayapal and fellow members of the House Progressive Caucus hold a news conference ahead of the vote on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 outside the U.S. Capitol, Aug. 12, 2022, in Washington.i President Isaac Herzog's visit to the U.S. this week is causing some controversy -- with House Speak Kevin McCarthy as well as Democratic leaders and the White House strongly criticizing recent remarks from progressive Democrats.
"I want you to know that we have been fighting to make it clear that Israel is a racist state," Jayapal said on Saturday at the Netroots Nation political conference in Chicago. "That the Palestinian people deserve self-determination and autonomy. That the dream of a two-state solution is slipping away from us. That it does not even feel possible."
Jayapal walked the remark back in a lengthy statement on Sunday, in which she said she's long supported the two-state solution but is opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's push to expand West Bank settlements.
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