She apparently has not noticed the political earthquake created by the attack on Israel by Hamas, the elected government of Gaza, on October 7, 2023.
Our President, Genocide Joe Biden, has certainly noticed. His polling numbers have plummeted because of his support for Israel in its war against Hamas. That suggests that Hoyle might not want to ride Biden's coattails, particularly on the Palestine issue.
But on November 28, 2023, Hoyle voted "yea" on H.Res.888, Reaffirming the State of Israel's right to exist, which was adopted. That resolution "recognizes that denying Israel's right to exist is a form of antisemitism." Oh, no, Rep. Hoyle, as a retired lawyer I can tell you, that's a legal question and you gave it the wrong answer. Israel was established illegally in defiance of the U.N. Charter's decolonization provisions and as a matter of law must be abolished to be succeeded by the form of government chosen by plebiscite of all citizens of the former Mandate Territory of Palestine. See my missive, Palestine: The Two-State Solution Is Illegal.
The U.S. House of Representatives on December 5, 2023 passed Resolution 894 "clearly and firmly stat[ing] that anti-Zionism is antisemitism." The resolution passed but 92 Democrats voted "present." Among them was Rep. Val Hoyle.
Voting "present" should not be confused with disapproval. That would have been expressed by a "no" vote. By allowing the bill to poss without expressing disapproval says, in effect, "I do not care."
The semanticists amongst us vehemently disagree. Anti-semitism is hostility or hatred directed at Jews. Anti-Zionism is opposition to the contemptible ruling ideology in Israel that privileges Jews over the rights of indigenous Palestinians. Israeli hasbarists attempt to conflate the two terms, but they might as well conflate the meanings of elephants and mice. It's a matter of what the English language means.
As if that were not enough, Ms. Hoyle voted "yea" on "H.Con.Res.57 - Expressing the sense of Congress supporting the State of Israel," a bill passed both by the House and by the Senate, then signed into law by our President on January 3, 2023.
That law in its entirety reads as follows:
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the State of Israel is not a racist or apartheid state;
(2) Congress rejects all forms of antisemitism and xenophobia; and
(3) the United States will always be a staunch partner and supporter of Israel.
To say that "the State of Israel is not a racist or apartheid state" simply blinks past reality. Human rights organizations such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and B'tselem are unanimous after considerable investigation in holding that Israel in fact is a racist or apartheid state, legally a crime against humanity and a violation of the International Criminal Court's Rome Statute. See ibid., article 7.
Expressing blindness to reality and eternal loyalty to Israel asks that those who would vote for her join her in that cesspool. No thanks.
Ms. Hoyle may feel that her chances of reelection are improved if she swims with the Democratic Party AIPAC crowd. But that would be to swim in a sea of Jewish supremacy, racism, and dishonesty that just may lead to her defeat in the 2024 election. She's certainly lost my vote if she does not quickly change course away from AIPAC toward far more humanitarian values.
We will probably learn just how enamored Val Hoyle is of Israel's continuing slaughter of innocents in Gaza in the coming days when Congress will vote on Genocide Joe's requested funding to continue that massive war crime. Now over 20,000 killed, two thirds of them women and children. Over 70,000 killed, maimed, or missing.
Will Val Hoyle continue to stand with Israel?
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