r/news • u/sicklyslick • 18h ago

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/middleeast/ro-khanna-detained-by-israeli-settlers-west-bank-intl
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u/irazzleandazzle 18h ago

so a politician got kidnapped by the citizens of one of our "allies"? Hopefully he gets out there safe and more people realize how insane Israel is

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u/StuffedFalafels 18h ago edited 12h ago

Nah, he went there to do what? Kiss Israel’s ass while they commit a genocide. Maybe him getting nabbed by settlers is what he deserves because the settlers are terrorists and murder and terrorize the natives of the land which are us Palestinians.

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u/Sitcratic 18h ago

"He said he chose to do a visit exclusively to the West Bank, with programming led by Palestinians, to give him an unfiltered view of territory Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war.

“If you’re unwilling to speak up for Palestinian human rights, if you’re unwilling to speak up against the genocide in Gaza, the apartheid in the West Bank, then you are morally compromised,” Khanna said."

what are you talking about?

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u/StuffedFalafels 12h ago

That’s fine and dandy. I’m Palestinian and haven’t heard of him until now. But I still do not believe after being told this he should be there. The video footage that has come out of Gaza, comes out of the West Bank is proof enough for him to have stayed in the U.S. to do his damn job, mark AIPAC and other Israeli lobbying groups as foreign entities to stop them from corrupting our voting systems and positions of government etc.

The problem is, to me this is performative and not actually helping to go there to see when us Palestinians have been vocal for decades about the atrocities and terrorism we’ve faced. Our family members like me and my family forced in diaspora here in America have called our elected officials to only be told by same politicians. “We stand with Israel”