Congresswoman Tlaib Addresses Conference Controversially Involving Terrorists

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., the only Palestinian American in Congress, attended and spoke at Saturday’s The People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit, which is not surprising given the district and community she represents.

However, the conference she attended honored known terrorists and featured the wife of an imprisoned terrorist as its keynote speaker, as reported by The Jerusalem Post.

It is worth noting that the conference took place on Memorial Day weekend, a time when Americans and their elected officials are expected to honor fallen service members and advocate for the safety of American troops.

In clips of her speech at the event, Tlaib addressed anti-Israel protests in America and Detroit, saying, “I don’t need to tell you that you’re on the right side. But I’ll be damned if I wait 10 years before they apologize to all of you for doing what was right at this moment.”

The keynote speaker, Sana’ Daqqah, is the wife of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist Walid Daqqah, who is imprisoned for the abduction, torture, and murder of Israeli soldier Moshe Tamam. PFLP is designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department.

Wisam Rafeedie, a PFLP activist, was also scheduled to speak at the conference according to Amnesty International.

At the conference, a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement stated, “The Zionist project neglects a crucial fact, that Al-Aqsa Flood [the Oct. 7 terrorist attack] was waged for and because of the people of Gaza and the Palestinian people as a whole.”

Tlaib also criticized President Biden’s stance on Israel, saying, “The International Court of Justice just ruled the Israeli government must stop its invasion of Rafah. But President Biden says what is happening to us is not a genocide. Where’s your red line President Biden? We’re not going to forget in November, are we?”

Despite speaking as if she represented Gaza, it was reported that three American service members were injured in the Gaza pier built by the Biden administration, contradicting Biden’s promise that there would be no American troops in the region.

Experts noted the impossibility of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers building a Gaza pier without American troops, and expressed concerns about the safety of American troops in the region.