House progressives step up rhetoric against Israel's Gaza evacuation request
House progressives are sharply criticizing Israel's request for Gaza to be evacuated. House progressives are sharply criticizing the Israel Defense Force on Friday calling for all residents of Gaza City evacuate their homes within 24 hours -- with one member referring to the request , estimated to affect 1.1 million people, as "ethnic cleansing." "The mass expulsion of over 1 million people in a day is ethnic cleansing," Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., tweeted Friday. "The UN has already said this is 'impossible' and will have 'devastating humanitarian consequences.' We have to stop ignoring the thousands of Palestinian lives lost and millions at stake! We must use all diplomatic tools stop this." Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference by the Congressional Progressive Caucus on the threat of default, May 24, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Others, including Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisc., and Rep. Al...