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Progressive Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan on Thursday urged U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to resign for breaking federal laws against arming human rights violators by lavishing Israel with tens of billions of dollars in American weapons used to harm Palestinians—more than 150,000 of whom have been killed or maimed in Gaza . Speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.
of the Foreign Assistance Act.' 'The Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war.' 'In a letter to the Israeli government on October 13, Secretary Blinken acknowledged that the Israeli government is violating U.S. law by blocking aid and gave them 30 days to comply,' she noted. 'The letter demanded that 350 trucks be allowed into Gaza per day.
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