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A congressman delivered a powerful and uncompromising speech denouncing the unfolding tragedy in Gaza. With conviction in his voice and truth on his tongue, he stood not just to speak-but to rise. Rise for the voiceless. Rise for the dying. Rise for those the world has chosen to forget.
His message was simple but urgent: What is happening in Gaza must be named for what it is-collective punishment, ethnic cleansing, and genocide.
"And still I rise, Mr. Speaker... to speak truth to power as well as speak truth about power."
With these opening words, the congressman set the tone for his five-minute address-not as a political statement, but as a moral indictment. He drew attention to the systematic destruction in Gaza: homes leveled, schools razed, places of worship desecrated, and humanitarian aid blocked.
When people are starved, bombed, and displaced as a group, what do we call it?
"Collective punishment."
When they are herded from one end of a besieged strip to another while being attacked?
"Ethnic cleansing."
And when an entire people are being deliberately destroyed, in whole or in part?
"Genocide."
The congressman's voice quivered with disbelief as he challenged the conscience of a nation that claims to stand for liberty and justice for all-a nation with a Statue of Liberty standing tall, yet apparently blind to the suffering of Palestinian children.
"Who are we? What is wrong with us?" he demanded.
This wasn't just an appeal to the intellect-it was a cry from the soul. He accused American leadership of complicity through silence and support. In particular, he called out President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, naming them directly:
"Mr. President, Donald John Trump... I charge you with genocide.
Mr. Netanyahu... I charge you with genocide."
The congressman made it clear: while he condemned Hamas for its actions, he would not remain silent about the disproportionate, indiscriminate, and catastrophic response carried out against the entire civilian population of Gaza.
He reminded his fellow legislators and the American public of his vote against funding more weapons to Israel, affirming:
"No more money to kill babies. No more money to create some sort of Riviera on the Mediterranean."
His refusal to support further military aid, while bold, underscored a deeper question: How long will powerful nations continue to support policies that dehumanize and annihilate the vulnerable in the name of politics or alliances?
As he closed, the congressman warned that the moral ledger of history would remember this moment. Silence, he argued, is not neutral-it is complicity.
"We cannot, as a great nation, continue to stand silent... History will not be kind to us."
This speech was more than a political address-it was a plea to humanity. It reminded us that being on the "right side of history" is not a passive inheritance; it is an active choice. In a time when speaking out for Palestine remains politically costly, this congressman chose courage over convenience.
In an era of misinformation, moral confusion, and media distraction, one truth rang clear from the House floor:
"And still I rise."
A line borrowed from Maya Angelou, now echoed for the children of Gaza. A reminder that truth, no matter how suppressed, will rise. And that justice, though delayed, demands a voice.
Let it be ours.
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