Amid Democrats\u2019 failed attempts to block President Donald Trump\u2019s military action in Iran, some progressive lawmakers are turning their focus to another target.<\/p>\n
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., recently unveiled a resolution that would prevent Trump from participating in or assisting Israeli military operations in Lebanon absent congressional approval.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The progressive lawmaker could force the House of Representatives to take up the measure when the chamber resumes session in mid-April. Progressive Reps. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., and Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., are\u00a0co-sponsoring the measure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tlaib\u2019s resolution notably does not mention the Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah, who joined the war against Israel after the killing of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamanei.<\/p>\n
DEMOCRATS PRESSURE MIKE JOHNSON TO KEEP HOUSE IN WASHINGTON OVER ‘RAPIDLY DEVELOPING’ IRAN OPERATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The Lebanon-based terror group has launched rocket attacks on Israel since the start of the Iran conflict, including a coordinated strike with Iran<\/a> involving cluster munitions earlier in March.<\/p>\n Hezbollah\u2019s attacks were met with Israeli counterstrikes and a major ground offensive by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in southern Lebanon,<\/a> aimed at pushing the militant group out of range of Israeli communities.<\/p>\n The United States military has not joined the conflict.<\/p>\n “This ethnic cleansing campaign is only possible because of U.S. support, funded by our tax dollars,” Tlaib, the sole Palestinian-American serving in Congress,” said. “We must act now to stop these crimes against humanity and illegal invasion of Lebanon.”<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Tlaib did not respond to a Fox inquiry about whether she condemned Hezbollah and the Iran-backed group\u2019s strikes on Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n Tlaib\u2019s war powers push comes after a bipartisan resolution targeting Trump\u2019s military authority in Iran failed to pass the House earlier in March.<\/p>\n HOUSE VOTES TO LET TRUMP’S OPERATION EPIC FURY CONTINUE IN IRAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Tlaib also rolled out a separate resolution that would order the Trump administration to call on Israel to end its military campaign in Lebanon and cut off all weapons transfers to Israel.<\/p>\n The measure similarly does not mention Hezbollah but accuses Israel of plotting “crimes against humanity and genocide” in Lebanon.<\/p>\n “[T]he United States is coauthoring this destruction through the weapons, intelligence, logistics, and diplomatic cover it provides the Israeli Government,” the resolution says in part.<\/p>\n Tlaib is a vocal critic of Israel<\/a> and has previously faced scrutiny for possible ties to foreign terrorist entities.<\/p>\n Israel severely weakened Hezbollah after the terror group repeatedly attacked the country in support of Hamas<\/a> after the Oct. 7 attacks. However, the Iran-backed militia has still proven to be a threat in the current conflict.<\/p>\n Hezbollah rocket fire killed two Israelis in northern Israel earlier in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Amid Democrats\u2019 failed attempts to block President Donald Trump\u2019s military action in Iran, some progressive lawmakers are turning their focus to another target. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., recently unveiled a resolution that would prevent Trump from participating in or assisting Israeli military operations in Lebanon absent congressional approval.\u00a0 The progressive lawmaker could force the House … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}