Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib refused to apologize Wednesday for saying on Tuesday that Israel is to blame for the hospital explosion that day in Gaza, an accusation that sparked political backlash against her from Republicans as Israel denies fault.

Tlaib joined thousands of protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza during a solidarity rally hosted by the left-leaning group Jewish Voice for Peace at the National Mall. She was visibly emotional, at times pausing her speech to openly weep and criticizing lawmakers who have not backed a ceasefire resolution.

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    Evidence like that Pentagon report? Lmfao

    Sorry if I’m a little callous about the Pentagon reporting on the middle east

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        Well there is the hospital itself, which was being bombed by Israel just days before this incident, who said immediately after the incident that this was an Israeli attack.

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        Logical reasoning, pretty much anyone but the pentagon or anyone who cites that information was transmitted between states.

        Relief organizations are more reliable, as are civilian social media. I don’t trust people with guns and bombs to tell you honestly what they’re gonna do with them.

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          I would generally trust people with guns and weapons data and expertise to provide the best analysis of evidence use to understand weapon use. Also, we are seeing more independent reporting with similar conclusions based on photographs of craters (or lack there of), long periods of burning (which is characteristic of rocket fuel burning not bomb explosions which tend to not cause long burning fires), etc.

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            Argue the point all you want, I still don’t trust the people with the power to wipe Gaza off the map not to do it.

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              Well that’s a different point that the concrete and specific question of who and what destroyed this specific hospital.