Rashida Tlaib's excuse for not believing Israel did not bomb Gaza hospital raises an important question

Rep. Rashida Tlaib refuses to believe the truth about the Al-Ahli Hospital bombing.

The Michigan Democrat released a statement on Monday demanding an "independent investigation" into the incident, which became international news last Tuesday when media outlets disseminated Hamas propaganda.

"Media outlets and third-party analysts have raised doubts about claims and evidence offered by both Israel and the Gaza Ministry of Health, and I agree with the United Nations that an independent investigation is necessary," she said.

Unfortunately, with a single exception, Tlaib failed to cite the "media outlets and third-party analysts" that have shown evidence disproving the U.S. government's assessment that Israel was not responsible for the bombing.

But even more telling, Tlaib said she cannot "uncritically accept Israel's denials of responsibility as fact." She said:

Both the Israeli and United States governments have long, documented histories of misleading the public about wars and war crimes — like last year’s Israeli military assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh and the false claims of weapons of mass destruction that led our country into the Iraq War — and cannot clear themselves of responsibility without an independent international investigation.

The statement raises an important question.

If Tlaib cannot "uncritically accept" Israel's denial and the American assessment that Palestinian terrorists were responsible for the hospital bombing, then how can she uncritically accept Hamas' claims that Israel destroyed the hospital and killed more than 500 people?

After all, this is exactly what Tlaib did last Tuesday. When news of the hospital bombing broke, she posted on social media, "Israel just bombed the Baptist Hospital killing 500 Palestinians (doctors, children, patients) just like that."

We now know, of course, the hospital was not destroyed and 500 people were not killed.

Blaze News reached out to Tlaib's office for a response to that question. A representative for the congresswoman replied with the first sentence of her statement.

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