US House Members Who Voted No on Resolution against Israel Boycott Movement

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The US House of Representatives voted 398-17 Tuesday voted to pass a non-binding resolution that opposes the boycott movement against the Zionist regime of Israel.

The resolution, first introduced in March, supports a two-state solution, argues the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (sometimes short-handed as BDS) movement is an effort to delegitimize Israel and urges "Israelis and Palestinians to return to direct negotiations as the only way to achieve an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."

It won broad bipartisan support but faced pushback from some high-profile progressives, with 16 House Democrats voting "no" alongside one House Republican, according to CNN.

House Democrats who voted against Tuesday's resolution

Rep. Betty McCollum of Minnesota

Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona

Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin

Rep. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey

Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon

Rep. Barbara Lee of California

Rep. Jesús G. "Chuy" García of Illinois

Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan

Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York

Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan

Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota

Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois

Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine

Rep Andre Carson of Indiana

House Republican who voted against Tuesday's resolution

Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky

The BDS movement was initiated in 2005 by over 170 Palestinian organizations and later turned international. It is meant to initiate “various forms of boycott against Israel until it meets its obligations under international law” and end its occupation of Palestinian lands.

BDS, which was inspired by the South African anti-apartheid movement, has claimed several recent successes in isolating Israel.

Israel and its allies in Washington have long railed against the BDS, which calls for people and groups across the world to cut economic, cultural and academic ties to Tel Aviv.

The battle over the BDS movement on the House floor came as Omar has been the target of attacks from US President Donald Trump, who in the last eight days has called her anti-American and anti-Israel.

Trump tweeted that she and three of her congressional allies should “go back” to where they came from, even though all are US citizens and three are US-born.