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Progressive US congresswoman apologises for calling Israel ‘racist state’

Pramila Jayapal speaks in Washington DC on 24 May.
Pramila Jayapal speaks in Washington DC on 24 May. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

The chair of the US Congressional Progressive Caucus apologised for calling Israel a “racist state”.

“I offer my apologies to those who I have hurt with my words,” Pramila Jayapal of Washington state said in a statement on Sunday.

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