(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Sunday criticized the New York Times for its framing of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, calling the paper’s headline about the recent violence in the region “dehumanizing.”
Tlaib was responding to a Times headline that read “Gaza militants fire 250 rockets, and Israel responds with airstrikes.”
“When will the world stop dehumanizing our Palestinian people who just want to be free?” Tlaib wrote. “Headlines like this & framing it in this way just feeds into the continued lack of responsibility on Israel who unjustly oppress & target Palestinian children and families. #FreePalestine.”
Renewed violence has rocked the region since Friday when a Palestinian sniper wounded two Israeli troops, according to the Israeli military, leading Israel to launch airstrikes into Gaza.
