At around 2AM the morning of July 17, CODEPINK’s Palestine campaign coordinator Nour Jaghama was released from a 15-hour hold in a Milwaukee jail, and had been charged with battery against a sitting member of Congress. The congressman, Rep. Derrick Van Orden, falsely accused Nour of assault after running into her from behind. He then used social media and press remarks to incite vitriol against CODEPINK by attempting to link the organization to terrorism and political violence. This absolutely false arrest and the Congressman’s remarks have put Nour and CODEPINK in danger. Read our full statement on the incident, here.

This is an obvious example of the anti-Palestinian hatred that has been stoked in this country since October 7th. The very same rhetoric that leads our elected officials to disregard Palestinian life in Gaza is the rhetoric they use to disregard Palestinian life at home.

We have filed a complaint against the Congressman with the Congressional Ethics Committee and are calling on our community to submit complaints to the committee in order to pressure them to hold Van Orden accountable! The more complaints the committee receives, the more likely they are to take action!

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