Overview
- The video posted by The Tennessee Holler shows Sen. Paul Rose telling journalist Justin Kanew, "If I was at home I'd bust your face right now," during a Tuesday exchange in the Capitol.
- Rose said he was not issuing a threat moments later, as Kanew kept asking who wrote the bill and noted he is Jewish with family in Israel.
- The Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act would require Tennessee agencies to stop using the term "West Bank" and to use "Judea and Samaria."
- Coverage adds that the bill says Tennessee would recognize Israeli sovereignty in those areas, which Raw Story ties to annexation even as the U.N. and the International Court of Justice describe the land as Palestinian territory under illegal occupation.
- HuffPost reports the measure passed the state House earlier this month, and outlets noted no formal penalties or official fallout beyond online backlash as the video spread.