Nancy Pelosi Poem Choice on Abortion Rights Gone Wrong

Published June 27th, 2022 - 06:10 GMT

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) arrives for a news conference minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v Wade, which guaranteed a woman's right to an abortion, in the Capitol Visitors Center on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

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Nancy Pelosi triggered similar outrage last February when she called Israel "the Greatest Accomplishment of the 20th Century", disregarding its occupation of Palestinian territories.

Delivering her first official remarks following the US Supreme Court decision to reverse the Roe v Wade federal law that had granted women in the United States access to abortion, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi chose to recite a poem that drew strong online backlash.

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Nancy Pelosi: here's a poem about Israeli settler colonialism that you might enjoy https://t.co/bKwBW81lp1
— #EndTheSiegeOnGaza (@AdalahJustice) June 24, 2022

Expressing disappointment over turning down the right to abortion which was granted in the United States in 1973, Nancy Pelosi appeared at a press conference at the Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, DC.

Yet, the Democrat Speaker of the House opted to recite a poem written by Israeli poet Ehud Manor, one he wrote in celebration of colonizing an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank.

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In response to Roe being overturned, Nancy Pelosi sent a fundraising email and read a mournful poem from an Israeli settler about how he can’t stop loving Israel even though it’s murdering Palestinians and stealing their land.

Is there a more Peak Democrat moment?
— the döner party (@haydentank) June 25, 2022

The poem of which the English translation was recited by Nancy Pelosi was "I have no other country", which became one of the most celebrated poems for the Israeli settlermovement in the West Bank.

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In response, many online people attacked Nancy Pelosi's choice, saying she "should not be endorsing Israel's settler colonialism when she is fighting against laws that deprive individuals of their freedoms in the US".

People say Trump broke satire but Nancy Pelosi read a Zionist poem hours after Roe was overturned.
— Erica Fretwell (@upstaterica) June 25, 2022

The backlash following Pelosi's poem choice included posts by several anti-occupation groups, such as Jewish Voice for Peace, known for its opposition to Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories.