Republicans like Senator Tim Scott have called for several Democrats to be expelled from Congress over comments critical of Israel.
Calls from Republicans to have certain Democrats expelled from Congress over their Israel remarks is a « dangerous » path, according to lawyer and legal analyst Jonathan Turley.
On October 7, Hamas led the deadliest Palestinian militant attack on Israel in history, with Israel subsequently launching its heaviest-ever airstrikes on Gaza in response. As of Monday, over 1,400 people in Israel have died, the Associated Press reported, in addition to more than 5,000 Palestinians in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country is « at war » and has cut off food, fuel, electricity, and medicine supplies to Gaza. Israel has called up 360,000 army reservists as it prepares for a likely ground offensive into the territory, which has an estimated population of around 2.3 million.
The situation has drawn an outpouring of divided reactions worldwide, with public figures of all kinds voicing support for Israel, Gaza, or both. Some reactions from Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. have drawn heated scrutiny from their Republican counterparts, who have accused them of being anti-Israel.
