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Lawmaker: Criticizing Israel's Gaza actions and U.S. aid is not antisemitism
Summary
A lawmaker told the committee that opposing alleged abuses in Gaza and opposing U.S. taxpayer funding for Israel should not be characterized as antisemitism, and said the Trump administration has equated legitimate objection with prejudice.
A lawmaker told the committee that disagreeing with Israel's actions in Gaza and questioning U.S. financial support should not be labeled antisemitic. "To oppose genocide in Gaza is not antisemitism," the lawmaker said, arguing moral objections and policy critiques are being conflated with hatred.
The lawmaker also criticized past federal rhetoric, saying, "What the Trump administration has done is often equate objection and concern about what the extremist government in Israel is doing in Gaza and in The Middle East with antisemitism." The speaker added that opposing "US taxpayers spending billions of dollars on an extremist government in Israel" is a policy stance, not a form of prejudice. No other speakers appear in the provided transcript to respond during this excerpt.
