UN Declares Genocide in Gaza While 250 US Lawmakers Are in Israel

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https://fair.org/home/un-declares-genocide-in-gaza-while-250-us-lawmakers-are-in-israel/

Posted this in the IP forum as well, never heard of the paid for trip to Israel by state legislators in other media.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1134145145

"... This report brings the UN into line with leading human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, Genocide Watch, Amnesty International, B’Tselem and Oxfam, all of whom have explicitly labeled Israel’s crimes in Gaza genocidal. The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) also recently passed a resolution stating that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide....

... On the same day the UN released its report, approximately 250 US state legislators, representing all 50 states and both parties, were in Israel for a “50 States, One Israel” conference sponsored by the Israeli government. The Jerusalem Post (9/15/25) characterized it as “the largest-ever delegation of US lawmakers” to Israel...

... At the time of this writing, the “50 States, One Israel” conference is conspicuously absent from all existing reporting on Israel in the national US corporate media. Not one major US outlet has covered the largest delegation of US state legislators to Israel. This is a startling act of omission on the part of the corporate media in the United States, and it speaks to the indispensability of local, not-for-profit, independent news.

Given that half of US voters believe that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza (Al Jazeera, 8/25/25), it is surely in the interest of the public to know if, when, why and that their local representatives were in Israel networking with parties to what the UN has labeled a genocide."

50 States One Israel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_States_One_Israel#References

"50 States One Israel was a conference held in Israel from September 14, 2025 to September 18, 2025[1] for state legislators from the United States and members of the Israeli government.[2][3] Hosted by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the conference was described as the largest delegation of elected officials to visit Israel.[2] According to Lior Haiat, Deputy Director for North America at the Foreign Ministry, lawmakers including state legislators from all 50 states were in attendance.[2]

Background

US state legislators began receiving invitations to the conference in early May 2025.[4] The conference, including travel, is paid entirely by the Israeli government.[4] According to a July 8, 2025 letter to Oregon Representative David Gomberg sent by Israel's consulate-general to the Northwest, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will provide "roundtrip economy airfare from New York to Tel Aviv (including domestic U.S. flights to NYC)," and "all in-country transportation, accommodations, meals, and guided programming."[1] Five lawmakers from every state were expected to attend.[5]"

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1. We will never be clean of this.

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2. As we should not be, well said! nt

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3. While they were throwing a junket for state legislators, they stopped a British Jewish MP from entering Israel

I’m a British MP, a doctor and Jewish. This is what happened when I tried to enter Israel

Earlier this week, I was denied entry into Israel while on a humanitarian parliamentary delegation organised by the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding (CAABU). The NGO is one of the most active and respected bodies working on the Middle East in the British parliament. It promotes conflict resolution, human rights and civil society.

The purpose of my visit, alongside my parliamentary colleague Simon Opher, a doctor like me, was to begin to understand the state of healthcare for Palestinians in the West Bank. Unfortunately, we never set foot in Israel, let alone visited any hospitals in the occupied territories.
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I am Jewish, one of just a dozen or so Jewish members of the House of Commons. I visited Israel for the first time as an idealistic medical student and have since returned for happy holidays, visiting family who live there. I am a member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and a committed supporter of my local synagogue.

The official Israeli document denying my entry cited “public security or public safety or public order considerations”, without providing any explanation as to how I, a 67-year-old former ear, nose and throat surgeon from Suffolk, might pose any threat at all.

I decided to join the delegation because it would have given me an opportunity to talk to doctors, patients and medical charities on the ground, and expand my knowledge of the horrendous events in the Middle East and how it is affecting medical facilities, medics and the patients they treat. As parliamentarians, we have a responsibility to be as informed as possible.
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Peter Prinsley is the Labour MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/20/jewish-british-mp-israel

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4. The US is

COMPLICIT