GOP Rep Accused of Assault by Palestinian-American Activist

A Palestinian-American activist filed a police report for assault against a Republican congressman over a confrontation Tuesday in which he appeared to hit a cellphone out of her hand.

Footage shared by the antiwar group Code Pink shows Rep. Mike Ezell (R-MS) walking in a hallway ahead of a House committee hearing in Washington, D.C., as two activists ask him about Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. One of the activists can be heard asking Ezell whether he thinks Israel should accept a ceasefire proposal to which Hamas had agreed or if he wants “this genocide to continue?”

Another person off-camera asks: “You want the killing of my people, my Palestinian people?”

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