Incoming Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib condemned CNN on Thursday for firing contributor Marc Lamont Hill after he gave a speech critical of Israel to the United Nations.
Tlaib, who became the first Muslim congresswoman alongside Ilhan Omar, tweeted, “Calling out the oppressive policies in Israel, advocating for Palestinians to be respected, and for Israelis and Palestinians alike to have peace and freedom is not antisemitic. @CNN, we all have a right to speak up about injustice any and everywhere.”
“Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN,” a CNN spokesperson told The Daily Caller on Thursday afternoon, a day after his speech at the U.N. gained headlines and raised eyebrows.
During his speech, Lamont Hill stated:
Tactics otherwise divergent from Dr. King or Gandhi were equally important to preserving safety and attaining freedom. If we are in true solidarity, we must allow them the same range of opportunity and political possibility. We must recognize the right of an occupied people to defend themselves.
“From the river to the sea” is a political slogan used by Hamas and Palestinian nationalists who believe in eliminating the state of Israel, according to the Anti-Defamation League.