AOC Slams Netanyahu For Banning Colleagues: Calls Out Congressional Indifference To Palestinian Suffering

During the interview, Hasan raised the issue of what he termed "congressional indifference to Palestinian life." He questioned Ocasio-Cortez about the racial and religious factors that might contribute to this indifference, asking, "How much of the congressional indifference to Palestinian life in Gaza, the refusal in D.C. to acknowledge sometimes the humanity and innocence, not to mention the suffering of all ordinary Gazans, how much of that is driven by the fact that they’re Arabs? Or they're mostly all Muslims? Or they don’t look like us, do you think?"

Ocasio-Cortez responded by expressing her shock at the "ignoring and the sidelining" of Palestinians in Congress. She stated, "We’ve been trying to raise the alarm bells around this for years. There has been virtually no acknowledgment in the United States House of Representatives about the extreme plight and continued human rights violations of the Palestinian people for years. I find it alarming. I found it shocking."

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She further expressed her astonishment at the lack of response from her colleagues when Netanyahu barred Tlaib and Omar from visiting Israel. "That my own colleagues did not seem to say or do much of anything. That should be an affront to our entire government and country," she said.

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The conversation also touched on Representative Byron Donalds, a Republican from Florida, who recently announced his intention to run for Speaker of the House. Ocasio-Cortez questioned his readiness for such a role, saying, "I think it helps to know where all the bathrooms are before you run for the U.S. House of Representatives, personally, and I think it helps to have some real experience in one of most complex legislative bodies in the world before you try to run it."

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In addition to her comments on Congress and Netanyahu, Ocasio-Cortez also accused Israel of committing war crimes, while simultaneously condemning the attacks by Hamas. "Hamas has absolutely engaged in horrific attacks. Every single day there are more details that are released about what occurred on October 7th that shocks the human consciousness and shocks our conscience, our collective conscience," she said. "However we do know as well that war crimes do not constitute and are not an appropriate response for other war crimes."

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Both Tlaib and Omar have previously accused Israel of bombing a hospital in Gaza, a claim that was later retracted by Omar after the Biden administration and the Israel Defense Force (IDF) determined that the explosion likely resulted from a misfired rocket from Islamic Jihad. Tlaib's initial social media post blaming Israel remains on her account.